The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ordered $2.7 million in personal protective equipment (PPE) to increase Strategic National Stockpile supplies to assist U.S. hospitals caring for Ebola patients. Products are being configured into 50 kits that can be rapidly delivered to hospitals....

Santa Clarita Valley health officials are seeing a rise in HPV cases, particularly in males. It’s a virus that can be vaccinated against. There are multiple strains of the human papillomavirus, said Jill Ireland, a physician’s assistant for The Doctor’s Office in Santa Clarita. However, most...

[DoD] – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this week that Lyme disease is ten times more common in the United States than researchers previously thought, striking 300,000 people annually. CDC officials took a look at several studies and found many Lyme disease cases are often...

[CDC] – A family of bacteria has become increasingly resistant to last-resort antibiotics during the past decade, and more hospitalized patients are getting lethal infections that, in some cases, are impossible to cure.  The findings, published today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s...

Binge drinking is a dangerous behavior that can lead to tragic circumstances.  It’s not often recognized as a women’s health problem but nearly 14 million U.S. women binge drink about three times a month, and consume an average of six drinks per binge, according to a Vital Signs report released...

[CDC] – More than 38 million U.S. adults binge drink an average of four times a month and the most drinks they consume on average is eight, according to a new Vital Signs report form the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  While binge drinking is more common among young adults ages 18–34,...

Los Angeles County will receive $15 million from the federal government in 2012 to fight the spread of AIDS – and this year, the money comes with more strings attached. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the 2012 funding amounts this week. Every state and U.S. territory will...