Read more Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1395/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:36:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74535/flu-pandemic-slacks-off-but-its-not-over.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe swine flu outbreak is slacking off in some areas, but don't get complacent, officials say: Pandemics naturally fluctuate. "There can be multiple ups and downs over the season," says a CDC doctor. "We have many weeks ahead of us where disease is going to be circulating." Infections in people...http://www.newser.com/story/74535/flu-pandemic-slacks-off-but-its-not-over.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 16:25:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73695/swine-flu-shrinks-nations-blood-supply.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmerica's blood supply is suffering from the H1N1 pandemic. Blood centers nationwide are seeing a drop in donations as school and businesses cancel blood drives because of absenteeism; they're also having to dump blood already donated as an increasing number of donors report flu-like symptoms after giving. Centers say they...http://www.newser.com/story/73695/swine-flu-shrinks-nations-blood-supply.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 7:50:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73356/shortage-of-seasonal-flu-vaccine-looms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSevere shortages of seasonal flu vaccines are expected across the country in coming weeks as supplies run short amid increasing demand. Manufacturers have committed their production to making H1N1 vaccines and lack the capacity to make any more seasonal flu vaccines this year. The director of the CDC told lawmakers...http://www.newser.com/story/73356/shortage-of-seasonal-flu-vaccine-looms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 1:19:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72994/feds-release-last-of-kids-tamiflu-stockpile.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the swine flu outbreak taking an enormous, and sometimes fatal, toll on American kids, the Centers for Disease Control today released the last of its stockpiles of the children’s version of flu drug Tamiflu. Some 114 youngsters have been reported killed by the virus, and the actual number could...http://www.newser.com/story/72994/feds-release-last-of-kids-tamiflu-stockpile.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 22:42:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71972/vaccine-delay-aggravates-swine-flu-fears.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagProduction delays that are slowing the distribution of the H1N1 flu vaccine could hardly have come at a worse time, with the death toll in young people mounting and antivaccine activists seizing on any chance to make their position heard. Experts point out that the H1N1 version uses the same...http://www.newser.com/story/71972/vaccine-delay-aggravates-swine-flu-fears.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 18 Oct 2009 17:15:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71362/swine-flu-spreads-to-virtually-entire-country.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe swine flu is “widespread” in 37 states, the CDC says, and extended into 10 new states this week. And reports that areas where flu activity was relatively high last spring will be spared this winter are incorrect—in 50 such locations under study, "the vast majority of people are...http://www.newser.com/story/71362/swine-flu-spreads-to-virtually-entire-country.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Oct 2009 15:58:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71070/foods-most-likely-to-make-you-sick.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrom spinach to peanut butter, consumers have weathered plenty of food scares recently. So the Center for Science in the Public Interest combed through CDC data to identify the foods most likely to harbor foodborne illness. Starting with the most dangerous: Leafy greens: Your salad could easily be coated in...http://www.newser.com/story/71070/foods-most-likely-to-make-you-sick.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 13:43:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70969/autism-much-more-common-than-we-thought-cdc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRoughly 1 in every 91 American 8-year-olds has been diagnosed with autism, a rate significantly worse than the 1 in 150 estimated in 2007, finds a new CDC survey that will be released later this year. The study showed that autism is “an urgent public health concern,” CDC officials said,...http://www.newser.com/story/70969/autism-much-more-common-than-we-thought-cdc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 7:54:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70763/swine-flu-victims-could-swamp-hospitals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHospitals will be in big trouble if the swine flu outbreak matches the flu pandemic of 1968. In that mild pandemic, 35% of Americans got sick. If that happened today, 15 states would run out of hospital beds, and another dozen would have to fill 75% of their beds with...http://www.newser.com/story/70763/swine-flu-victims-could-swamp-hospitals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 14:10:00 CDT