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For the first time, health officials are offering an "ouchless" way for kids to get vaccinated. Dr. Holly Phillips joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss how to stay healthy this flu season.
According to the CDC, 20 people are victims of violence by a partner or spouse every minute. Of those 10 million victims per year, 85 percent are women. One woman shares her story. Elaine Quijano reports.
There are new concerns about about another surge in coronavirus infections. As CBS News' Meg Oliver reports, the CDC now predicts COVID deaths will not decline. Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease expert and senior scholar at Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health, joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss the latest.
The Centers for Disease Control said it's too soon to declare victory as COVID cases are on the rise in nearly half the country. Meg Oliver takes a look.
The World Health Organization declared an international public health emergency, as countries cannot contain the spread of Ebola. Now, there is backlash against the U.S. for not doing enough to help. Jeff Pegues reports from Washington.
Tom Frieden, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, weighs in during a congressional hearing on the current Ebola crisis in West Africa, which is on pace to sicken more people than all other previous outbreaks of the disease combined.
Almost a thousand people in four countries have died in over 1,700 cases of this historic Ebola outbreak. Vladimir Duthiers reports on U.S. plans to offer support.
The second American infected with the Ebola virus, missionary Nancy Writebol, was wheeled into Emory University Hospital on a gurney Tuesday. The CDC has tested around six samples from possible Ebola cases, and so far all are negative. Dr. Jon LaPook reports.
Dr. Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discusses the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and the Americans who have been infected.
Concerns are growing about the spread of the deadly Ebola virus and whether it could reach the U.S. Stephan Monroe, deputy director of the CDC's National Center for Emerging & Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, says the outbreak that's already killed hundreds in West Africa is a long way from over.
A new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research has used CDC data to estimate the relative happiness of every metropolitan area with more than one million people. Charles Osgood reports.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says HPV vaccination rates for adolescent boys and girls in the United States remains unacceptably low, despite a slight increase since 2012. The human papillomavirus or HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection. CBS News' David Begnaud reports.
A series of safety lapses involving anthrax and other potentially deadly pathogens was the subject of a House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing Wednesday. Under criticism from both parties, CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden promised a major safety overhaul.
Department of Agriculture found myriad of problems inside Centers for Disease Control; they include dangerous materials being transported in Ziploc bags and missing vials of anthrax, as Dr. Jon LaPook reports
Shipments of potentially dangerous germs have been halted after repeated incidents of mishandled samples. The head of the CDC says he’s “astonished” over the agency’s failures. Vinita Nair reports.
In an exclusive interview, Steve Monroe, director of the Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology at the CDC, sat down with Dr. Jon LaPook to discuss if the smallpox samples are still viable. Watch the full interview tonight on the "CBS Evening News."
The CDC and FBI are investigating why samples of smallpox were lying around for so many years unaccounted for. An FDA researcher recently found a number of vials appearing to date from the 1950's in a Maryland lab. Dr. Jon LaPook reports.
The Centers for Disease Control say that doctors in Southern states write the most opioid prescriptions. Plus, half of U.S. adults suffer from a chronic condition like diabetes or heart disease. Danielle Nottingham reports on this and more health stories.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the toll from excessive drinking is raising new concern. CBS News contributor Dr. Holly Phillips talks to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about the disturbing findings.
A new report by the CDC links excessive drinking to one in ten adults deaths. The study found 88,000 people die each year in the U.S. from health problems related to drinking too much over time, such as liver and heart disease. Others die from violence, driving accidents or alcohol poisoning from binge drinking. CBS News' Teri Okita reports..
Federal officials are investigating after dozens of CDC workers were potentially exposed to anthrax after attempting to use a new method to deactivate the bacteria. CDC Deputy Director Ileana Arias called the incident "incredibly worrisome." Vicente Arenas reports.
The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta is investigating the breakdown of safety protocol and said it will continue to monitor and medicate as many as 75 scientists who may have been exposed to the potentially deadly bacteria. Vicente Arenas reports.
The CDC announced Thursday that as many as 75 government scientists may have been exposed to live anthrax bacteria. The CDC says researchers transferred what they thought were non-infectious anthrax samples to labs not equipped to handle live bacteria. Dr. Jon LaPook reports.
Schools in Marietta, Georgia, have stayed open through some of their community's highest periods of coronavirus infection. John Dickerson reports on how the CDC studied coronavirus transmission within the city's schools.
The government estimates one in four people has diabetes and does not know it, a healthy diet in early adulthood can lower the chances of developing breast cancer -- and more. Alexis Christoforous reports on the day's top health headlines.
