Tag Archives: Risk

Contaminated Devices Putting Open-Heart Surgery Patients at Risk – Press Release May 7th, 2025Douglas Valverde

Contaminated Devices Putting Open-Heart Surgery Patients at Risk – Press Release

May 7, 2025News & UpdatesContaminated, devices, OpenHeart, Patients, Press, Putting, Release, Risk, SurgeryDouglas Valverde

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning healthcare providers and patients about the potential risk of infection from certain devices used during open heart (open-chest) surgery.

Evidence that Microcephaly Risk is Highest among Pregnant Women Infected Early in Pregnancy – Media Statement March 5th, 2025Earnest Buckley

Evidence that Microcephaly Risk is Highest among Pregnant Women Infected Early in Pregnancy – Media Statement

March 5, 2025News & UpdatesAmong, Early, Evidence, highest, Infected, Media, Microcephaly, Pregnancy, Pregnant, Risk, Statement, WomenEarnest Buckley

Colombia has experienced a 4-fold increase overall in microcephaly following the Zika virus outbreak in 2016, according to a study published today in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. This preliminary report on Zika virus disease and microcephaly in Colombia demonstrates that an increase in microcephaly is not specific to Brazil. This finding confirms … Continue reading Evidence that Microcephaly Risk is Highest among Pregnant Women Infected Early in Pregnancy – Media Statement →

Rural Americans at higher risk of death from five leading causes – Press Release January 3rd, 2025Wilma Robinson

Rural Americans at higher risk of death from five leading causes – Press Release

January 3, 2025News & UpdatesAmericans, Causes, Death, five, from, Higher, Leading, Press, Release, Risk, RuralWilma Robinson

A new CDC study demonstrates that Americans living in rural areas are more likely to die from five leading causes than their urban counterparts.

Potential public health risk among individuals ordering counterfeit prescription medications from online pharmacies October 3rd, 2024Tracy Post

Potential public health risk among individuals ordering counterfeit prescription medications from online pharmacies

October 3, 2024News & UpdatesAmong, Counterfeit, from, Health, Individuals, Medications, Online, ordering, Pharmacies, Potential, Prescription, Public, RiskTracy Post

Potential public health risk among individuals ordering counterfeit prescription medications from online pharmacies

CDC: Outbreak of North American avian influenza A(H7N9) in poultry poses low risk to people – Media Statement September 21st, 2024Linda Thomas

CDC: Outbreak of North American avian influenza A(H7N9) in poultry poses low risk to people – Media Statement

September 21, 2024News & UpdatesAH7N9, American, Avian, Influenza, Media, North, Outbreak, People, poses, Poultry, Risk, StatementLinda Thomas

CDC is working closely with USDA APHIS and the Tennessee Department of Health to minimize any human health risk posed by the avian influenza outbreak in Lincoln County, Tennessee. This includes implementing a protocol to monitor the health of poultry workers exposed to commercial poultry involved in the USDA/APHIS-confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A … Continue reading CDC: Outbreak of North American avian influenza A(H7N9) in poultry poses low risk to people – Media Statement →

Transcript for Vital Signs Telebriefing: Suicide risk is tied to local economic and social conditions September 11th, 2024Courtney Buxton

Transcript for Vital Signs Telebriefing: Suicide risk is tied to local economic and social conditions

September 11, 2024News & UpdatesConditions, economic, Local, Risk, Signs, Social, Suicide, Telebriefing, Tied, Transcript, VitalCourtney Buxton

Transcript for Vital Signs Telebriefing: Suicide risk is tied to local economic and social conditions

New CDC Report Shows Suicide Risk Tied to Local Economic and Social Conditions September 11th, 2024Eldridge Jenkins

New CDC Report Shows Suicide Risk Tied to Local Economic and Social Conditions

September 11, 2024News & UpdatesConditions, economic, Local, Report, Risk, Shows, Social, Suicide, TiedEldridge Jenkins

 Counties with higher health insurance coverage, broadband internet, and household income have lower suicide rates 

Horner: Red Bull risk losing both F1 championships September 3rd, 2024Carma Petty

Horner: Red Bull risk losing both F1 championships

September 3, 2024News & UpdatesBoth, Bull, championships, Horner, Losing, RiskCarma Petty

Red Bull’s Christian Horner admits his team risks losing both drivers’ and constructors’ championships this year if it is unable to find a solution to the issues it faced at the Italian Grand Prix. The post Horner: Red Bull risk losing both F1 championships appeared first on Buy It At A Bargain – Deals And … Continue reading Horner: Red Bull risk losing both F1 championships →

CDC updates Zika travel guidance for pregnant women to not travel to any area with Zika risk – Media Statement June 12th, 2024Edith Scott

CDC updates Zika travel guidance for pregnant women to not travel to any area with Zika risk – Media Statement

June 12, 2024News & UpdatesArea, Guidance, Media, Pregnant, Risk, Statement, Travel, Updates, Women, ZikaEdith Scott

CDC has updated its Zika travel guidance and now recommends that pregnant women not travel to any area where there is a risk of Zika virus infection, including areas where the virus has been newly introduced or reintroduced and local mosquito-borne transmission is ongoing; areas where the virus was present before 2015 (endemic) and there … Continue reading CDC updates Zika travel guidance for pregnant women to not travel to any area with Zika risk – Media Statement →

CDC identifies potential risk of Zika virus transmission since June 15, 2016, in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties – Media Statement June 10th, 2024Debra Boyland

CDC identifies potential risk of Zika virus transmission since June 15, 2016, in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties – Media Statement

June 10, 2024News & Updates2016, Beach, Broward, Counties, identifies, June, Media, MiamiDade, Palm, Potential, Risk, Since, Statement, transmission, virus, ZikaDebra Boyland

CDC has identified a potential risk of Zika virus transmission starting on June, 15, 2016, to present in Miami-Dade County, Florida, that also could affect risk for residents of Broward and Palm Beach counties.