The updated guidance, which was published on Oct. 11 inMMWR, also advises close follow-up of patients with what the CDC has now dubbed “e-cigarette- or vaping-associated lung injury” (EVALI), as some patients who initially had mild symptoms experienced a rapid worsen...
The news comes asmultiple statesmove toban e-cigarette products. Most recently, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee moved toban flavored vaping products in that state. In addition to the statistics released Friday, the CDC also detailed a report focusing on Illinois and Wisconsin, which found that nearl...
These statistics beg many questions. The biggest: Why hasn’t the CDC labelled autism an epidemic or national crisis? The consistent rise in the number of those with autism suggests there is an epidemic or crisis, and it’s the CDC’s job to tell us why it is happening. Why are ou...
Still, the change may not affect how individual schools urge parents to react when their children fall sick. Schools and child care providers have a mixed record on following CDC recommendations and often look to local authorities for the ultimate word. And sometimes other goals, such asreducing ...
After the COVID-19 pandemic is behind us, we should seriously consider replacing the CDC with an agency focused exclusively on infectious diseases. Other CDC functions (like collecting vital statistics) can be moved elsewhere within the Department of Health and Human Services. We need an approach...
Schuchat also said that the National Center for Health Statistics is working to develop ICD-10 coding so clinical episodes and fatalities that have this condition can be linked systematically. FDA efforts During the Oct. 11 telebriefing,Norman “Ned” E. Sharpless, MD,acting commissioner of the ...