Breaking News: Don’t Eat Candy Apples!!! The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports a fatal outbreak where at least 4 people have died and 28 are infected from caramel apples possibly infected with “Listeria monocytogenes.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on high alert and has turned its attention to people traveling to the United States from West African countries.
President Obama announced that there will be some serious budget cuts happening soon. As the President announced that these cuts would be happening, he kept saying the cuts were “unnecessary” and “dumb.” Obama has pointed the finger at the Republicans in Congress, blaming the cuts on them. So what exactly is being cut? FEMA, The Centers for Disease Control, Department of Homeland Security, and more. Find out exactly how much is being cut below.
The CDC has confirmed the total deaths from the ongoing meningitis outbreak has reached 19. This has put the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under fire since it was aware of violations at the New England Compounding Center, a party of interest in starting the outbreak with tainted steroid medication. Click below to read more. Funk Flex
Research shows African-American women, many living in Atlanta, are being infected with HIV. So much so that the new cases are being compared to African countries. Click below to find out more. @WiLMajor
The number of obese kids in city schools is sliding down though one in five still weighs far too much. The improvements in weight among black and Hispanic children and those in poor neighborhoods were more modest than those in wealthier, white youngsters. Hit the jump to read the rest of the story. @WiLMajor