CDC: US Births Up For First Time In 5 Years, Improved Economy Cited
ATLANTA (AP) – The baby recession may be at an end: After a five-year span in which the number of children born in the United States dropped each year, 2013 saw a minute increase. According to a new...
View ArticleNorovirus Affects Millions, Caused By Food Workers
(CBS ATLANTA) – According to recent government reports, nearly 20 million people get sick every year from contracting the norovirus. The report shows that the outbreaks mainly start with a food worker...
View ArticleCDC: Antibiotics May Have Been Wrongly Prescribed For Influenza
ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta) - Nearly 30 percent of patients treated during the 2012-13 flu season may have been prescribed antibiotics instead of antiviral therapy, reports Live Science. In a groundbreaking...
View ArticleStudy: HIV Diagnoses Drop In US, But Increase In Young Gay Men
ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta) - While the overall number of people diagnosed with HIV has declined over the last decade in the U.S., the number has risen among young gay men, reports Live Science. Researchers...
View ArticleWHO: 10,000 New Ebola Cases Per Week Could Be Seen
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — A World Health Organization official says there could be up to 10,000 new cases of Ebola per week within two months. WHO Assistant Director-General Dr. Bruce Aylward said if...
View ArticleCDC: Circumcision Benefits Outweigh Risks, Health Insurers Should Pay For It
NEW YORK (CBS/AP) — U.S. health officials on Tuesday released a draft of long-awaited federal guidelines on circumcision, saying medical evidence supports having the procedure done and health insurers...
View ArticleTexas Now Among States Reporting E Coli Illness Linked To Romaine Lettuce
NEW YORK (AP) — Texas is among the four new states reporting illnesses in a food poisoning outbreak linked to romaine lettuce. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its numbers on the...
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