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News for the Carolinas
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Friday, May 17, 2013
Researchers studied the water in pool filters, and found 58 percent of the samples tested positive for E. Coli, a bacteria normally found in feces and the human gut.
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Thursday, March 07, 2013
There's a new risk for anyone who has to go to the hospital. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there's been an alarming rise in "superbugs", deadly bacteria that are resistant to just about any antibiotic.
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Tuesday, December 04, 2012
Flu season in the U.S. is off to its earliest start in nearly a decade - and it could be a bad one.
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
A Grand Strand doctor says more people are getting sick with the flu virus because more people are becoming unhealthy.
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Saturday, October 20, 2012
Health officials say one of two North Carolina victims of the fungal meningitis outbreak has died, raising the nationwide death toll to 23.
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Monday, October 08, 2012
The pharmacy that distributed a steroid linked to an outbreak of fungal meningitis has issued a voluntary recall of all of its products.
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Saturday, October 06, 2012
In updated figures posted to its website Saturday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the outbreak has spread to more than 60 people across nine states.
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Friday, July 13, 2012
A bat found in Horry County has tested positive for rabies, according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
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Monday, June 18, 2012
About five times as many no-helmet biker deaths occur in states with less restrictive laws. Medical costs are lower too, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control.
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Saturday, May 05, 2012
Federal health officials say at least 14 people in nine states have been infected with salmonella by handling tainted dog food.
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Thursday, May 03, 2012
Prescription drugs now cause more accidental deaths in the United States than car crashes, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
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Monday, April 02, 2012
The new numbers are staggering. A study from the Centers for Disease Control shows that more children are being diagnosed with autism and no one knows what's causing it. The study says one out of every 88 children will be diagnosed with some form of the developmental disorder. That's up 23 percent over the CDC's 2009 report.
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has sparked a controversy, with its recommendation that all boys should be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus.
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Friday, January 20, 2012
America's obesity epidemic isn't getting any better, that's according to numbers released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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