Recalled Ground Beef Expanded to 12 Million Pounds due to Salmonella Outbreak in Multiple...
Washington, DC--The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, CDC and public health and regulatory officials in several states are investigating a...
NIH deeply Concerned about Claims of First Gene-Edited Babies by Chinese Researcher
Washington, DC--Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director of National Institutes of Health issues the following statement today on claims of first gene-edited babies by...
FDA Approves an Oncology Drug that Targets a Key Genetic Driver of Cancer
Atlanta, GA--The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today granted accelerated approval to Vitrakvi (larotrectinib), a treatment for adult and pediatric patients whose cancers have...
CDC Warns Consumers Not to Eat Any Romaine Lettuce
Atlanta, GA—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is advising consumers, restaurants, and retailers not to eat, serve, or sell any romaine lettuce as...
e-Cigarette Use among Youth Increases Dramatically over the Last Year
Washington, DC--More than 3.6 million middle and high school students were current (past 30 day) e-cigarette users in 2018, a dramatic increase of more...
Suicide Rate Increasing among American Workers: CDC
Atlanta, GA--The suicide rate among the US working age population increased 34 percent during 2000-2016, according to a new report of Centers for Disease...
Record Number of Tickborne Diseases Reported in U.S. in 2017
Atlanta, GA--Tickborne diseases are again on the rise, according to the data of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2017, state...
Cigarette Smoking among U.S. Adults Lowest ever Recorded: CDC
Atlanta, GA--Cigarette smoking has reached the lowest level ever recorded among U.S. adults, according to new data published by the Centers for Disease Control...
FDA Approves New Drug to Treat Influenza
Washington, DC--The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil) for the treatment of acute uncomplicated influenza (flu) in patients 12 years of...
How Top Restaurants Rate on Reducing Antibiotics
www.nrdc.org / by Lena Brook & Allison Johnson
October 17, 2018
NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) and our allies—Consumer Reports, U.S. Public Research Interest Group, Friends...
