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Rare human case of bird flu contracted in Texas following contact with dairy cattle

2Apr

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Rare human case of bird flu contracted in Texas following contact with dairy cattle

A rare human case of bird flu has been reported in Texas, after a person come into contact with cattle suspected of being infected. The announcement comes days after federal agencies said the virus had spread to dairy cattle across multiple states, including Texas. The Texas Department of State Health Services said the patient's only experienced symptom was eye inflammation. The person, who has remained unnamed, was tested late last week and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the results over the weekend. The person is now being treated with the antiviral medication oseltamivir, which according to the Mayo Clinic can be used to treat influenza A and B, as well as the swine flu. Human cases of bird flu, otherwise known as H5N1, are known to produce a range of symptoms...

Use of Plan B “morning after” pills doubles, teen sex rates decline in CDC survey

14Dec

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Use of Plan B “morning after” pills doubles, teen sex rates decline in CDC survey

The share of American women who say they have ever used emergency contraception after having sex has more than doubled since the so-called "morning after" or Plan B brand pills were approved to be sold without a prescription, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. The increase is among dozens of trends tracked in two reports now released from the CDC's National Survey of Family Growth, examining survey results through 2019 on sex and birth control among teens as well as all women ages 15 to 44 years old. Among teens and adult women who have had sex, 26.6% told CDC's survey through 2019 that they have ever turned to the emergency contraception pills, up from 10.8% in a previous round of the survey from 2006 through 2010. Among...

CDC reports “alarming” rise in drug-resistant germs in Ukraine

9Dec

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CDC reports “alarming” rise in drug-resistant germs in Ukraine

Hospitals in Ukraine are now battling an "alarming increase" in germs with resistance to the last-ditch antibiotic medications used to treat the infections, a study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. Officials are now calling for the "urgent crisis" to be addressed, and warning that the drug-resistant germs are spreading beyond the war-torn country's borders.The researchers, including scientists from the CDC and Ukraine's health ministry, sampled hundreds of Ukrainian patients for infections they caught while being treated at the hospital in November and December last year. Their surveys, detailed in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, found that about 60% of patients with infections were ba...

Dr. Scott Gottlieb says likely a “typical winter pathogen season” ahead

4Dec

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Dr. Scott Gottlieb says likely a “typical winter pathogen season” ahead

Dr. Scott Gottlieb says likely a "typical winter pathogen season" ahead - CBS News Watch CBS News Former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb tells "Face the Nation" that the U.S. is looking at a "more typical winter pathogen season" despite a cluster of unusual pneumonia in Ohio. Gottlieb says the CDC has looked into the cluster and found "it's a known bacteria that is epidemic every three to five years so we've seen epidemics of this in the past." Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive repor...

Nationwide recall of peaches, plums and nectarines linked to deadly listeria outbreak

21Nov

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Nationwide recall of peaches, plums and nectarines linked to deadly listeria outbreak

Peaches, plums and nectarines distributed by HMC Farms and sold nationwide as recently as last week are being recalled due to an outbreak of listeria that has resulted in 11 illnesses, including one death and 10 hospitalizations, federal safety regulators said Monday."Investigators are working to determine if any additional fruit or products made with this fruit may be contaminated," the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated in a food safety alert. Kingsburg, California-based HMC Farms is recalling peaches, plums and nectarines sold between May 1 and November 15 of this year as well as as during the same period in 2022, the company said in a notice posted Friday by the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA found listeria in testing a sample of HMC Farms peaches in late Oc...

Study: Women of color who live in certain conditions more likely to get diagnosed with later stages of breast cancer

13Nov

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Study: Women of color who live in certain conditions more likely to get diagnosed with later stages of breast cancer

NEW YORK -- A new study is shedding light on why women of color die more often from breast cancer.The reason might surprise you.In October, breast cancer survivor Atia Allen shared her story with CBS New York."I did eight rounds of chemotherapy. I did 25 rounds of radiation. But here I am, two years later," Allen said. "This is life after cancer. I'm doing wonderfully."READ MORE: Queens woman beats breast cancer for 2nd time with help of doctors from Jamaica Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering But a new study from the University of Maryland explains why Allen's happy ending doesn't always happen."We know that Black women have a 40% higher mortality rate compared to white women when they get breast cancer. It's interesting because the numbers have caught up in terms of Black women...

In a first, CDC to recommend antibiotic pill after sex for some to prevent sexually transmitted infections

10Oct

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In a first, CDC to recommend antibiotic pill after sex for some to prevent sexually transmitted infections

Doctors should weigh prescribing some of their patients a pill of a powerful antibiotic, doxycycline, to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections, according to new draft recommendations released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Officials say the approach, dubbed doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis, or Doxy-PEP for short, could mark a turning point in the nation's fight against the ongoing epidemic of sexually transmitted infections, or STIs.It comes after growing early research has found that doxycycline could prevent bacterial infections from taking root when taken in the days soon after potential exposure during sex, instead of reserving pills of the antibiotic only for doctors treating diseases after they are diagnosed. ...

Nearly 50,000 Americans died by suicide in 2022, new CDC report reveals

11Aug

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Nearly 50,000 Americans died by suicide in 2022, new CDC report reveals

Nearly 50,000 Americans died by suicide in 2022, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.The number of suicide deaths was on a downward trend in 2019 and 2020, but it increased by 5% in 2021, and then further increased by 2.6% in 2022 to 49,449, the CDC found."Mental health has become the defining public health and societal challenge of our time," said Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy in a statement. "Far too many people and their families are suffering and feeling alone." "These numbers are a sobering reminder of how urgent it is that we further expand access to mental health care, address the root causes of mental health struggles, and recognize the importance of checking on and supporting one another," Murthy added.Adul...

About 1 in 10 young adults are vaping regularly, CDC report finds

22Jul

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About 1 in 10 young adults are vaping regularly, CDC report finds

Twenty-year-old Alex Morrin says an unexpected danger of vaping is it is easy to hide."You can do it in the same room as them," Morrin told CBS News of vaping around his parents."It vaporizes," Winna Morrin, Alex's mother, added. "So you don't see any smoke." A new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Friday — based on 2021 data from a National Health Interview Survey — found that 11% of 18- to 24-year-olds define themselves as current e-cigarette users, more than any other age group of adults. The report also found that White non-Hispanic Americans between 18 and 24 vape more than Latino, Asian or Black youth in the same age group. Overall, the survey found that 4.5% of adults ages 18 and over vape. The survey defi...

Toxic algae is making people sick and killing animals – and it will likely get worse

18Jul

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Toxic algae is making people sick and killing animals – and it will likely get worse

There's now another kind of water hazard to be on the lookout for – toxic algae. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued a report finding hundreds of harmful algal blooms across the U.S. sickened people and killed animals — a problem that is likely to get worse. Harmful algal blooms, otherwise identified as HABs, stem from the "rapid growth of algae or cyanobacteria" in water. Some of the algae in these blooms produce toxins that can cause illnesses in both humans and animals, impacting health primarily through water exposure, but also through the air. Here's what to know. Where are the harmful algal blooms? Analyzing data from 2021, the CDC found 368 of these blooms across 16 states that year – Arizona, California, Illinois,...