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CDC Issues Alert on Harmful Bacteria in Coastal Waters Amid High Sea Surface Temperatures

CDC Issues Alert on Harmful Bacteria in Coastal Waters Amid High Sea Surface Temperatures

The CDC has issued an emergency alert over a harmful bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, in warming coastal waters. The center noted that with extreme weather, like heat waves, flooding and severe storms, people should be careful when participating in coastal water activities. “Amid increasing water temperatures and extreme weather events (e.g., heat waves, flooding, and severe […]

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    Coronavirus and the Terrifying Muzzling of Public Health Experts

    Coronavirus and the Terrifying Muzzling of Public Health Experts

    By Michael Halpern The Trump administration is scrambling to reconcile the president’s contradictions of statements made by federal health scientists about the emerging coronavirus crisis. Their solution: muzzle scientists, require that all statements be politically vetted through Vice President Pence, and punish federal employees who draw attention to gross negligence. This is a highly dangerous […]

    Beef Recall Expands as Salmonella Cases Quadruple in 2 Months

    Beef Recall Expands as Salmonella Cases Quadruple in 2 Months

    The U.S. government expanded a recall of ground beef Tuesday as an outbreak of salmonella has quadrupled to 246 people in 25 states since the first recall was announced in October, NBC 4 New York reported. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA FSIS) announced that the Arizona-based JBS […]

    E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Romaine Lettuce

    E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Romaine Lettuce

    If you’re hosting Thanksgiving tomorrow, be sure to leave romaine lettuce off the menu! The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are warning everyone to avoid the classic salad green until investigators can pinpoint the exact source of an E. coli outbreak that has sickened 32 […]

    Ticks and Mosquitoes Bringing More Diseases—What Can We Do?

    Ticks and Mosquitoes Bringing More Diseases—What Can We Do?

    By Joyce Sakamoto and Shelley Whitehead Cases of vector-borne disease have more than doubled in the U.S. since 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported, with mosquitoes and ticks bearing most of the blame. Mosquitoes, long spreaders of malaria and yellow fever, have more recently spread dengue, Zika and Chikungunya viruses, and […]

    Only 9% of U.S. Adults Eat Enough Vegetables

    Only 9% of U.S. Adults Eat Enough Vegetables

    By Dan Nosowitz On the heels of our country’s very own secular harvest festival, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) released new data indicating just how few people are actually regularly eating the fruits of the harvest. The CDC regularly publishes data on the health of the country, and, appropriately for the season, last week’s […]

    Al Gore: Climate Changes Health

    Al Gore: Climate Changes Health

    Today we face a challenging political climate, but the climate crisis shouldn’t be political. It is not only the greatest existential crisis we face: it is also causing a global health emergency, where the stakes are life and death. Because of the urgency of these threats, several partners and I are hosting a Climate & […]

    Al Gore: CDC Canceled Climate Conference Is Back On

    Al Gore: CDC Canceled Climate Conference Is Back On

    Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, the American Public Health Association (APHA), Climate Reality Project, Harvard Global Health Institute, University of Washington Center for Health and Global Environment, and Dr. Howard Frumkin, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Environmental Health, announced Thursday a Climate & Health Meeting […]