Tag: Center for Disease Control
Wednesday night massacre at CDC: Resignations, walkout, and a showdown over...
After the removal of Director Susan Monarez, top CDC officials resign and staff walk out as RFK Jr.’s HHS faces bipartisan alarm.
Food museums uncover the culture, science, and history behind the food...
Institutions like New York City’s Museum of Food and Drink are making food literacy fun.
The CDC buried a measles forecast that stressed the need for...
The agency would have emphasized the importance of vaccinating people against the highly contagious and potentially deadly disease that has spread to 19 states, the records show.
Florida defies CDC in measles outbreak, telling parents it’s fine to...
The CDC reported that childhood immunization rates hit a 10-year low.
CDC study reveals increase of biofilm in US water systems
Due to the country’s aging infrastructure, the CDC expects a further increase to the transmission of diseases through biofilms and water systems.
Climate change is killing Americans. Health departments aren’t equipped to respond
How a decade of neglect and politics undermined the CDC’s fight against climate change
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The President from Hell (and High Water)
Tom Engelhardt on what a Democratic sweep in November would and would not change, and a $2.8 billion bomb sale to Israel.
Colorado sues to stop private immigration detention center in Hudson
The state says the federal government never studied what a 1,200-bed facility would do to a town of about 1,600, its water supply or local wildlife.
Residents sue Avenal landfill operators over toxic gases and alleged underground fire
State records cited by a community group show carbon monoxide readings of up to 3,420 parts per million in landfill wells, more than double the level regulators say suggests a subsurface fire.
Crystal Mason’s belief in democracy was shaken — but not destroyed
For 10 years, Texas prosecutors accused her of voter fraud after she cast a provisional ballot that was never counted in the 2016 election. That changed Thursday.
Credit Acceptance agrees to million settlement over unaffordable subprime car loans
Borrowers who lost cars to repossession will get million in debt relief, and the lender must cap vehicle prices at 109% of retail book value for seven years.