Tag: CDC
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There Are Already More Measles Cases in the US This Year Than All of 2023
[ad_1] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Medical Association sent out separate but similar pleas on Monday for unvaccinated Americans to get vaccinated against the extremely contagious measles virus as vaccination rates have slipped, cases are rising globally and nationally, and the spring-break travel period is beginning. In the first 12…
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US infant mortality rate rose last year, CDC says it’s the largest increase in two decades – Times of India
[ad_1] NEW YORK: The US infant mortality rate rose 3% last year – the largest increase in two decades, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. White and Native American infants, infant boys and babies born at 37 weeks or earlier had significant death rate increases. The CDC‘s report, published Wednesday, also noted…