FILE PHOTO: The Avian influenza virus is harvested from a chicken egg as part of a diagnostic process in this undated U.S. Department of Agriculture handout image. Erica Spackman/USDA/Handout/File Photo via FILE PHOTO: A Centers for Disease Control scientist measures the amount of H7N9 avian flu virus which was grown and harvested in an unnamed CDC laboratory in 2013.
Category: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Diversify Washington in more ways than one: Scientists must become…
I ran for Congress in 2014 and one of the things I learned that thoroughly surprised me was the almost complete absence of people with scientific and technical backgrounds in Congress. Of the 535 Senators and Congressman in the 114th Congress, very few were trained in the natural and hard sciences.
Editorial: Bad bug
Forget fake news and the Russian influence on the U.S. election. Forget about ripping up trade deals and building walls and deporting illegal immigrants.
More work lies ahead to fight Zika, other threats: Frieden
A year ago, the mosquito-borne Zika virus was only beginning to reveal itself as a threat to pregnant women and their unborn babies. Since then, U.S. officials have issued 60 travel alerts along with guidance for athletes and tourists traveling to the Olympics in Rio.
Drug overdose deaths increased significantly in past 5 years
Drug overdose deaths have increased by 33 per cent in the past five years across the country, with some states seeing jumps of nearly 200 per cent. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 30 states saw increases in overdose deaths resulting from the abuse of heroin and prescription painkillers, a class of drugs known as opioids.