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Drug overꦜdose deaths fall for 10 months straight, down 17% in NY: CDC 

ꦆ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows overdose deaths d♏ropping in the past six months, including a 16% decline in New York and an 18% plunge in New Jersey,...

The world's dirtiest cruise ships named and shamed in shocking CDC report: 'Maggots and grime'

 It's not always smoot♑h sailiওng for these luxury cruise ships.

Undercooked bear meat left 10 attendees of NC mountain event with face𒁏 swelling: CDC

The undercooked meat infected 10 attendees of the November 20🍌23 affair, who reported consuming the bear with Trichinellosis, more commonly referred to as brain worms.

Doctors shocked by what they see on clean hands under a microscope: 'Oh, that is nasty'

ꦜ “This haꦏnd looks clean to the naked eye but is it?” they both ask the camera.

CDC releases list of 2024's least sanitary cruise ships: Have you been on one?

The lowest score a ship received was '62' out of '100'🍒 per the CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program.

How an illness during pregnancy may lead to autism:🃏 new study

Autism — which is estimated to affect one in 36 US children — is a developmental disorder thaꦅt affe🍸cts how people learn, behave, communicate and interact with others.

Fired Boar's Head workers slam management at Va. plant after 10th death tied to listeria outbreak: 'wasn't shocked'

A former Boar's Head empไꦏloyee said the death toll “is laying on my heart.” 

Death toll from Boar's Head listeria outbreak reaches grim milestone

The🐈 latest fatality was reported in New York, bringing the total deaths to two each in New York and South Carolina and one each in Illinois, New Jersey, Virginia, Florida,...

Stop risky research, Congres🍷s dodges hard decisions and other commentary

෴ The Risky Research Review Act, now before the Senate, “could finally require independ𒆙ent oversight” around risks like gain-of-function research, note Bryce Nickels & Jay Bhattacharya at RealClearPolitics.

Obesity rates in US 🐎not growing for first time in a decade, but there might be a worse problem: CDC

The general rate of obesity among adults🐻 in the United States has stagnated, but the rate of severe obesity has increased, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

With EEE and West Nile virus on the rise, mosquito season is far from over 💙

Fall has arrived — but the ♛mosquitoes haven't left.

Sex-crazed seniors are responsible for an 'alarming' STI epidemic — here are the horniest states

 Som🥃eone givཧe Grandpa a box of condoms, already.

Hurricane Francine aftermath could lead to rise in bacterial infec🃏tions in South, CDC warns

The risk for infection with 🐽Melioidosis increases after hurricanes, heavy rain and other severe weather events.

꧑Health officials recall eggs after multistate🍨 salmonella outbreak

Wisconsin health officials initiated a recall of egꦦgs followin𝔍g an outbreak of salmonella infections among 65 people in nine states that originated on a Wisconsin farm.

NYC whooping cough cases skyrocket in 💝2024 by staggering amou🃏nt: new data

Wh🌸ooping cough cases are skyrocketing in New York City, according to shocking new data that emerges as many unvaccinated migrants continue to pour into the Big Apple. ✤

Person infected with bird flu had no contact with animals -- here's why experts are concerned

The patient is the 14th person to contract the virus in the US i꧒n 2024.

Father of 4 fighting for life after getting 3 mosquito viruses from one bite: 'It could happen to anybody'

A New Hampshire father is fighting for his life after contracting three separate viruses from a siౠngle mosquito bite. ♊

NY delis, supermarkets hit hard as Boar's Head sales plunge after listeria outbreak

ꦰ  “People are trying to under𓆏stand what’s going with cold cuts and the latest news is hitting too close to home," said one supermarket executive.

Fed inspectors slammed over 'listeria factory' tied to deadly Boar's Head outbreak

🐲  “The government needs to answer the question of what were you doing? Didn’t this generate enough questions given the size of this plant,” one attorney said.

Blood, bugs and mold found in Boar's Head plant linked to listeria outbreak that's killed at least 9 people

An inspector noted "a rancid smell" in the ra⛦w receiving cooler with "ample amounts of blood in puddles on the floor" during a Feb. 21 visit.