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Childhood vaccinations will have prevented more than 500 million illnesses and 1 million deaths in US since 1994, CDC report says

CNN  —  Routine childhood vaccinations will have prevented hundreds of millions of illnesses, tens of millions of hospitalizations and more than 1 million deaths among people born between 1994 and 2023, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A new report, published Thursday by the CDC, analyzed the benefits of routine childhood …

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Heat caused record-high rates of health emergencies in some parts of the US last year, CDC report shows

CNN  —  Last summer was the hottest ever recorded in the United States, and heat-related health emergencies also reached record-high levels in some parts of the country. In the United States, the vast majority of emergency department visits for heat-related emergencies — such as heat stroke, heat cramps and sunburns — happen during the warm …

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CDC alerts doctors to watch for rare, serious bacterial infection appearing with unusual symptoms

CNN  —  Health officials are alerting doctors to be on the lookout for certain types of rare, serious meningococcal infections that are on the rise in the United States. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a new health alert that these infections, which are caused by a certain strain of Neisseria meningitidis bacteria, may present with unusual …

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Drug costs lead millions in the US to not take medications as prescribed, according to CDC

CNN  —  Millions of adults in the United States are not taking their medications as prescribed because of costs, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most adults between the ages of 18 and 64 took at least one prescription medication in 2021. But more than eight percent …

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Egypt listed by CDC under ‘unknown’ COVID-19 category

The US Center for Disease Control and Control (CDC) included Egypt in the “unknown” category on Monday, due to the lack of information about the situation of coronavirus in it, to join Algeria, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The CDC issued an update Monday to its travel recommendations for the coronavirus. The agency had recently announced …

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