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• Discovery Canyon student dies after playing 'the choking game' Play Video

  April 29, 2013 9:41 PM

  A dangerous trend is hitting home. Discovery Canyon ninth grader Sean Hill died this weekend after playing the 'choking game'. The Centers for Disease Control says the 'choking game' is played mostly by older children and early adolescents as a way to get a brief high. They either choke... more »

• Free flu shot clinics in Colorado Springs

  December 3, 2012 1:22 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS - Penrose-St. Francis Health Services, Walgreens and other community partners are working together to offer five free flu shot clinics this month for people with health insurance or those who do not have vaccine coverage. Cases of the flu are already being reported in El Paso County and... more »

• Suspicious package sent to CDC

  October 9, 2012 7:17 PM

  ATLANTA (AP) - Authorities have determined that a suspicious package at one of the buildings of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta was not dangerous. The CDC said in a statement shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday that CDC and DeKalb County authorities had secured the package and... more »

• Owner of farm where listeria outbreak originated faces labor charges

  January 19, 2012 3:05 PM

  The owner of the southeastern Colorado farm where the listeria outbreak was pinpointed last year faces new charges from the U.S. Department of Labor. The departrments Wage and Hour Division has fined cantaloupe grower Eric Jensen, who owns and operates Jensen Farms in Holly, $4,250 in civil money penalties... more »

• U.S. obesity epidemic shows no sign of shrinking

  January 18, 2012 5:41 PM

  CHICAGO (AP) -- America's obesity epidemic is proving to be as stubborn as those maddening love handles, and shows no sign of reversing course. More than one-third of adults and almost 17 percent of children were obese in 2009-2010, echoing results since 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... more »

• Tainted sprouts may have Salmonella

  December 25, 2010 11:12 AM

  Contaminated alfalfa sprouts may have made 89 people sick across the country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that fifteen states and the Washington D.C. area may have been affected by a salmonella outbreak. Their investigation shows a possible link to alfalfa sprouts. The Illinois Department of... more »

• Local farmer: Egg scare opens consumers eyes

  August 23, 2010 8:39 PM

  One of the countries favorite foods is making thousands of Americans sick. "This recall is huge." explains Dr. Bernadette Albanese with the El Paso County Health Department, "You're talking almost a half billion eggs being recalled." Eggs tainted with salmonella have been linked to a farm in Iowa which distributes... more »

• Colon cancer screenings up

  July 6, 2010 12:33 PM

  Health officials say more older Americans are getting tested for colon cancer, with nearly two out of three getting recommended screenings. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Tuesday comes from a 2008 national telephone survey. It's the most recent government data on how many people get... more »

• CDC confirms norovirus on 3rd straight SC cruise

  March 29, 2010 11:28 AM

  Officials with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say tests confirm that norovirus caused intestinal illness on a third straight cruise from South Carolina earlier this month. The norovirus sickened almost 420 people aboard Celebrity Mercury, which returned to Charleston on March 18. Norovirus symptoms include nausea,... more »

• CDC: MRI and other diagnostic scans have tripled

  February 17, 2010 12:09 PM

  New government statistics show the rate of high-tech diagnostic imaging has dramatically increased since the mid-1990s. From 1996 to 2007, the frequency of MRI, CT or PET scans done in emergency rooms quadrupled. And the frequency nearly tripled for doctor offices and outpatient hospital visits. The Centers for Disease Control... more »

• CDC: MRI and other diagnostic scans have tripled

  February 17, 2010 11:59 AM

  New government statistics show the rate of high-tech diagnostic imaging has dramatically increased since the mid-1990s. From 1996 to 2007, the frequency of MRI , CT or PET scans done in emergency rooms quadrupled. And the frequency nearly tripled for doctor offices and outpatient hospital visits. The Centers for Disease... more »

• Goodbye swine flu! Epidemic seems to be over

  February 6, 2010 10:34 AM

  Is the U.S. swine flu epidemic over? Federal health officials won't go so far as to say that, but on Friday they reported for the fourth week in a row that no states had widespread flu activity. U.S. cases have been declining since October. An official with the Centers... more »

• CDC cautions vigilence in H1N1 battle

  January 7, 2010 4:35 PM

  The nation continues to see dwindling numebrs in the H1N1 swine flu outbreak, but the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning people to continue good sanitary behavior and get immunized. Dr. Anne Schuchat of the CDC said, "We don't know what's going to happen over the... more »

• CDC: Fewer states seeing widespread swine flu

  December 11, 2009 12:18 PM

  Health officials say winter flu is just starting to show up in the U.S. while swine flu infections continue to wane. Swine flu was widespread in only 14 states last week - mostly in the Northeast. That's down from 25 states the week before and 48 in late October. The... more »

• CDC: Nearly 10,000 deaths linked to swine flu

  December 10, 2009 2:34 PM

  Health officials now estimate that swine flu has sickened nearly 50 million Americans and killed nearly 10,000. The new estimates mean about 1 in 6 Americans have had the illness. The figures were released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday. The CDC also estimates that 200,000... more »

• Employers play Dr. Mom to limit flu impact

  December 1, 2009 12:09 PM

  Big businesses are spending serious time and money trying to limit the swine flu pandemic's impact on operations, from bankrolling video on good hygiene to training employees to cover for co-workers with critical jobs. Companies from health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc. to beverage can maker Ball Corp. are arranging... more »

• CDC warns: Holiday could bring more swine flu

  November 25, 2009 9:00 AM

  Some health officials are concerned that holiday get-togethers could wind up spreading swine flu. Thanksgiving is typically followed by at least a modest bump in early seasonal flu cases, according to reports from the past few years. But this, of course, is not a typical year. Swine flu is... more »

• Cases of food allergies have increased over the years

  November 16, 2009 8:22 AM

  What was once a staple in many kitchens, peanuts and peanut butter, are being shunned by more and more american families, as reports of food allergies skyrocket among children. CDC researchers say new cases of reported food allergies increased by 18% over the past fifteen years. While visits to... more »

• Cases of food allergies have increased over the years

  November 16, 2009 8:06 AM

  What was once a staple in many kitchens, peanuts and peanut butter, are being shunned by more and more american families, as reports of food allergies skyrocket among children. CDC researchers say new cases of reported food allergies increased by 18% over the past fifteen years. While visits to... more »

• At least 4,000 swine flu deaths reported in U.S.

  November 12, 2009 9:49 AM

  Federal health officials now say that 4,000 or more Americans likely have died from swine flu - about four times the estimate they've been using. The new, higher figure was first reported by The New York Times. It includes deaths caused by complications related to swine flu, including pneumonia... more »

• Companies vow to deliver more H1N1 vaccine

  November 11, 2009 5:44 PM

  As Southern Colorado residents scramble for H1N1 swine flu vaccine, there's progress to report in getting more vaccine out to the public. The FDA has ok'd another version of the vaccine and that company promises to get out more than seven million doses by the end of next month.... more »

• CDC: Contaminated beef may be linked to 2 deaths

  November 2, 2009 12:31 PM

  A federal health official says two deaths and 26 other illnesses may be linked to possibly contaminated ground beef recalled by a New York company. Lola Scott Russell, a spokeswoman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says one of the deaths involved a New York adult with several... more »

• Preventive maintenance in Pueblo

  October 31, 2009 7:19 PM

  The Center for Disease Control has released the latest numbers. 19 deaths from H1N1 were reported in children last week alone - making it the deadliest week for kids since the outbreak started. More than two-thirds of the deaths are in kids who have underlying health conditions. Experts... more »

• CDC: Swine flu vaccine outlook improving

  October 27, 2009 2:35 PM

  U.S. health officials say more than 22 million doses of swine flu vaccine are now available, and they predict most Americans should soon find it easier to get their dose. The first supplies of swine flu vaccine began as a frustrating trickle that caused long lines in parts of... more »

• 1 in 5 kids had flu this month

  October 22, 2009 4:51 PM

  About 1 in 5 U.S. children had a flu-like illness earlier this month - and most of those cases likely were swine flu, according to a new government health survey. About 7 percent of surveyed adults said they'd had a flu-like illness, the survey found. The information comes... more »

• Audubon: No Hep C cases linked to surgery tech

  October 20, 2009 10:00 PM

  Federal test results show a former surgery tech did not give Colorado Springs patients hepatitis "C." Last month, Kristen Parker pleaded guilty to a number of charges for using syringes filled with a painkiller, and refilling those same needles with saline for patients. Parker worked at both the Rose... more »

• Half those hospitalized for H1N1 are under 24

  October 20, 2009 2:43 PM

  The latest government information shows swine flu continues to be most dangerous to kids and younger adults and is largely bypassing the elderly. Health officials on Tuesday released data on lab-confirmed swine hospitalizations and deaths from 27 states. It showed that more than half of all hospitalizations were people... more »

• Nearly half of swine flu patients otherwise healthy

  October 13, 2009 1:31 PM

  The largest U.S. analysis of adult hospitalized swine flu patients has found that 46 percent did not have asthma or any other underlying condition. Health officials looked at 1,400 adult swine flu hospitalizations in 10 states. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official released some of the details at... more »

• U.S. says too many swine flu cases to count

  October 9, 2009 10:21 AM

  U.S. health officials have lost track of how many illnesses and deaths have been caused by the first global flu epidemic in 40 years. And they did it on purpose. Government doctors stopped counting swine flu cases in July, when they estimated more than 1 million were infected... more »

• CDC: 1 in 3 teen girls got cervical cancer vaccine

  September 20, 2009 8:52 AM

  One in three teenage girls have rolled up their sleeves for a vaccine against cervical cancer , but vaccination rates vary dramatically between states, according to a federal report released Thursday. The highest rates were in Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, where more than half of girls ages... more »

• Mercury leaking at closed California mine sites

  September 18, 2009 12:09 PM

  Abandoned mercury mines throughout central California's rugged coastal mountains are polluting the state's major waterways, rendering fish unsafe to eat and risking the health of at least 100,000 impoverished people. But an Associated Press investigation found that the federal government has tried to clean up fewer than a dozen... more »

• Children with asthma are vulnerable to the flu

  September 13, 2009 12:05 PM

  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, children are particularly vulnerable to the flu, especially if they have an underlying condition. Kids who have respiratory conditions like asthma can experience severe complications from the flu. In fact, a recent study found 67-percent of kids who died with... more »

• Children with asthma are vulnerable to the flu

  September 13, 2009 11:57 AM

  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, children are particularly vulnerable to the flu, especially if they have an underlying condition. Kids who have respiratory conditions like asthma can experience severe complications from the flu. In fact, a recent study found 67-percent of kids who died with... more »

• CDC chief says swine vaccine for my kids, too

  September 6, 2009 12:05 PM

  The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says his kids are going to get the swine flu vaccine when it's available. Dr. Thomas Frieden says health officials have "very high confidence" in the safety of the vaccine. He says it's a vaccine that's being made in the... more »