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As mosquito season peaks, officials brace for new normal of dengue cases
As summer ushers in peak mosquito season, health and vector control officials are bracing for the possibility of another year ...
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Lyme Disease Is Prevalent in the Northeast
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that around 110,000 cases of AGS have been documented since 2010, ...
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States anxiously wait to find out if cancer tracking and prevention funding from CDC will be renewed
State workers who for decades have been pivotal in identifying U.S. cancer trends, curbing new cases, and improving screening ...
HHS layoffs were likely unlawful and must be halted, U.S. judge says
The ruling applies to terminated employees in four divisions of HHS, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
There’s new system in place for CT health departments. Yes, it impacts local restaurants.
Notice something different at your local restaurant lately? You are not alone. Local health departments all over Connecticut have been testing the health and safety of restaurants and food providers ...
New CDC vaccine committee OKs Merck RSV shot for infants
Merck's Enflonsia vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus won approval from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's ...
With federal support uncertain, states and nonprofits scramble to safeguard access to vaccines
After recent moves by the US Department of Health and Human Services to restrict the approval and use of some vaccines — and ...
US CDC report shows no link between thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted a report on Tuesday that said evidence does not support a link ...
Where a very preterm baby is born may affect survival odds and hospital time
Nearly one in every 10 infants in the United States is born preterm, or before 37 weeks of gestational age, according to the ...
Volunteers of America Mid States closing outreach program focused on HIV prevention
"Our team was fully funded through the Ending the HIV Epidemic prevention grant, and without this support, we are unable to continue our services." ...