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CDC: Expect to see more Zika cases in U.S.

2016-02-06 07:02:16| Biotech - Topix.net

The United States will see an increasing number of travel-related cases of the Zika virus, as the epidemic that is ravaging Brazil continues to spread, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. "I wish we knew more about Zika today, I wish we could do more about Zika today," said CDC Directer Tom Frieden in a morning press conference .

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CDC to Young Women: Don't Drink if Not on Birth Control

2016-02-05 06:30:16| Biotech - Topix.net

A warning too far? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has taken a lot of heat this week for a press release warning that more than 3 million American women of childbearing age who drink alcohol and don't use birth control are at risk of exposing a potential baby to fetal alcohol syndrome. "About half of all pregnancies in the United States are unplanned, and even if planned, most women won't know they are pregnant for the first month or so, when they might still be drinking," warned CDC Principal Deputy Director Anne Schuchat.

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Zika has been sexually transmitted in Texas, CDC confirms

2016-02-03 06:32:42| Biotech - Topix.net

Zika has been sexually transmitted in Texas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. It is the first known case of the virus being locally acquired in the continental United States in the current outbreak.

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CDC: Chipotle-linked outbreak of E. coli is over

2016-02-01 22:54:16| Biotech - Topix.net

This Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015, file photo, shows a Chipotle restaurant in Union Station in Washington. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, that the E. coli outbreak at Chipotle restaurants appears to be over, and that they are closing the investigation.

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Salmonella-tainted Mexican cucumbers cause two more deaths in the US, reports CDC

2016-01-28 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology

The Salmonella Poona outbreak caused by cucumbers imported from Mexico has been associated with two more deaths in California and 50 illnesses in 16 US states.

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