Overview: The tobacco lobby goes global

By Ricardo Sandoval Palos

The tobacco lobby goes global

Excerpts from this story referencing "U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention":

"… tall in the generation-long decline in tobacco consumers. Officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say this leveling out is due, at least in part, to tobacco industry market …"

The food lobby's war on a soda tax

By Christine Spolar and Joe Eaton

Washington lobbyists have been enjoying a multi-million-dollar sugar rush from the food industry. Soft drink makers, supermarket companies,

Excerpts from this story referencing "U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention":

"… physician who was then New York City health commissioner and now heads the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Sugar-sweetened beverages … may be the single largest driver of the …"

Botswana

By Victoria Kreha

Background, challenges and relief efforts related to the AIDS epidemic in Botswana

Excerpts from this story referencing "U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention":

"… irector of BOTUSA, a collaboration between the Botswana government and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)."If you don't have security, you can't do much" Larson said. "Peace …"

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‘The guy in the wheelchair'

By Kate Willson

How an El Paso smuggler moved a half-billion cigarettes across America

Excerpts from this story referencing "U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention":

"… lly in deaths, sickness, and lost productivity, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 1997-2001. At the same time, the trade has attracted organized crime g …"

Mozambique

By Victoria Kreha

AIDS is the leading cause of death for adult Mozambicans and fifth for children under 5

Excerpts from this story referencing "U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention":

"… octor who was diagnosed in 1986 and died three days later.According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the epidemic in Mozambique mainly strikes in areas where there is poverty …"

Tanzania

By Victoria Kreha

AIDS is the leading cause of death in Tanzania, with women between 25 and 34 having the highest rate of HIV infection

Excerpts from this story referencing "Michael Gehron":

"… anzibar has a "fairly well developed civil society response to AIDS," said Michael Gehron, the outreach coordinator in Tanzania for PEPFAR, the President's Emergenc …"

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JHPIEGO

By Devin Varsalona

This Johns Hopkins-affiliated nonprofit trains healthcare providers to give care abroad

Excerpts from this story referencing "United Nations":

"… an Press reported that Catherine Hankins, chief scientific adviser for the United Nations AIDS program, noted there that circumcised men are looked down upon in som …"

FACT CHECK: Bachmann, Perry butt heads on STD vaccine

By FactCheck.Org

Republican candidates disagree on a wide range of topics: STD vaccines to Social Security

Excerpts from this story referencing "GlaxoSmithKline":

"… 2006 campaign, Perry also received $10,000 from the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, which was developing an alternative vaccine when Perry issued his executi …"

Salmonella outbreak traced to cantaloupes in Guatemala

By Brandon Quester and Tarryn Mento

Cantaloupe, a frequent carrier of pathogens that cause foodborne illness, is imported by the U.S. more than any other nation

Excerpts from this story referencing "U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention":

"… lth departments began coordinating with investigators from the FDA and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to track down the origin of the outbreak.Through a series of patient inter …"

Laws haven’t kept deadly pathogens out of meat, poultry

By Teresa Lostroh and Rachel Albin

Millions of pounds of contaminated meat and poultry still reach – and kill – consumers because of flaws in the system

Excerpts from this story referencing "U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention":

"… lant in Marshall, Mo., resulted in more than 400 illnesses reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 41 states between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2007.Amy Eberle’s then 23-mon …"

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