Deadly salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupes; CDC expands recall
Health authorities issued an alert Friday of a deadly salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupes and pre-cut fruit products, with nearly 100 cases seen across dozens of states.
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Health authorities issued an alert Friday of a deadly salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupes and pre-cut fruit products, with nearly 100 cases seen across dozens of states.
The CDC says whole and pre-cut cantaloupes have caused dozens of cases of salmonella infection, including 17 hospitalizations, in 15 states, including California, and in Canada.
As temperatures warm, harmful algal blooms will likely blossom even more, posing a threat to wildlife, human health and could even affect drinking water.
The rate of Americans giving birth slightly dropped in 2022 as the nation continues to see fewer babies born than it did before the pandemic. Demographics expert Bradley Schurman joins CBS News to discuss the reasons behind the decline.
Sonoma County is seeing "alarming" increases in congenital syphilis and is urging pregnant residents to access prenatal care as soon as possible and asking care providers to increase testing for the sexually transmitted disease.
Rates of syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea all rose in the U.S. in 2021, according to the latest CDC data.
The CDC says three people have died, eight have lost their vision and four had an eyeball removed.
The CDC cited concerns over the COVID-19 surge in China and "the lack of adequate and transparent" data from the country's health authorities.
A statement released by U.S. officials cited "mounting concerns" over the COVID-19 surge in China and "the lack of transparent data" from the country.
Around 14% of Americans now live in counties at "high" COVID-19 Community Levels, up from 5% last week.
The World Health Organization urged countries to adopt the new name for the disease, citing the "ongoing negative impact" of the original.
The rate of such deaths had been increasing in the two decades before the pandemic, by 7% or less each year.
The fast-food chain Wendy's says it is pulling lettuce from sandwiches in its restaurants in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania after people eating them there reported falling ill.
The head of the nation's top public health agency is shaking up the organization with the goal of making it more nimble.
The head of the nation's top public health agency is shaking up the organization with the goal of making it more nimble.
Researchers studying two men who caught the virus in Paris said "symptom onset in both patients and, subsequently, in their dog suggest human-to-dog transmission."
The agency says the new revisions acknowledge "the pandemic is not over" but should not disrupt daily life as much as it used to.
The federal government declared monkeypox a public health emergency late this week, a move Dr. Peter Chin-Hong from UCSF calls "better late than never."
The changes could include deemphasizing the "test to stay" strategy, in which students exposed to COVID-19 take regular tests to stay in the classroom.
San Francisco supervisors on Thursday lambasted the public health response to the ongoing global monkeypox outbreak, calling for improved communication with at-risk groups and an influx of vaccine doses.
California public health officials called on the federal government this week to supply more than 500,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine in an effort to mitigate the spread of the virus.
A government advisory panel has endorsed a second brand of COVID-19 vaccine for school-age children and teens.
Beginning Sunday, the CDC is lifting its COVID-19 test requirement for air travelers entering the U.S. CBS News senior travel adviser Peter Greenberg joined CBS News' Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers with more.
Health officials said Monday that they've identified the fourth presumptive case of monkeypox in Sacramento County.
The "groundbreaking" procedure appears to be the first 3D-printed implant made of living tissues.
