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1 in 4 US High School Students Identifies as LGBTQ

One in every four high school students has a non-heterosexual sexual orientation, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) biannual Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey. The report, which used data from 2021, stated...

CDC Warns of Marburg Virus After Deadly Africa Outbreak

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is advising people who are planning to visit Guinea and Tanzania to be careful about catching the Marburg virus, which is extremely dangerous and can cause serious illness or even...

Deadly Fungus Spreads Rapidly in US

A fungal infection known as Candida auris (C. auris) has become a pressing antimicrobial resistance (AR) threat, as per the CDC's data published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. On Monday, March 20, 2023, researchers from CDC reported in a...

Repeat COVID Infections Could Be Deadly, Study Says

Repeat COVID-19 infections could be deadly or lead to severe health consequences including organ failure, a new study has revealed. Research conducted by Washington University's School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System found that people...

U.S. Pandemic Causes Massive Increase in Alcohol Related Deaths

There was a massive increase of 26% in alcohol-related deaths during the first year of the COVID 19 pandemic in the United States. A new study released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention on Friday...

U.S. Shortens Covid-19 Isolation Time Amidst Omicron Surge

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially shortened the amount of time those who have tested positive with Covid-19 must isolate themselves. Federal health officials announced on Monday that their new recommendation is to isolate for five days...

CDC Recommends Moderna and Pfizer Over Johnson & Johnson

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday recommended the Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines over Johnson & Johnson's vaccine. The CDC's advisers pointed to the mounting evidence that the company's vaccine has the potential to set off a...

CDC Approves Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine for Children, Rollout Begins

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved Pfizer/BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use in children 5 to 11 on Tuesday, the final step needed to begin the vaccine rollout for eligible kids. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky announced that the...

CDC Rules All Adults in Risky Work Settings Should Receive Booster Shot

In an unusual move, the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) set aside the recommendation of its independent panel of experts, ruling that coronavirus booster shots using the Pfizer/BioNTech inoculation can now be officially distributed to some adults in...

Unvaccinated People 11 Times More Likely to Die from Covid-19

Reinforcing the need to vaccinate as the Delta variant of the coronavirus marches across the globe, several studies undertaken the the US' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that those who are unvaccinated are 11 times more likely...