CDC vaccine panel meets after fired director alleges political pressure

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 9/18 1:01A Justin Boggs

The Centers for Disease Control and Preventions Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will begin two days of meetings on Thursday, just days after five new members were added. The ACIP provides the federal government with guidance on...

Global warming is driving up Americans' sugar intake, study finds

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 9/8 10:55A Scripps News Group

A new study shows rising global temperatures are sharpening Americans' sweet tooth. An international team of researchers analyzed weather conditions and consumer spending habits, and found that as temperatures rise, Americans increase their...

Salmonella outbreak linked to home delivery meals sickens over a dozen people

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 9/8 9:28A AP via Scripps News Group

A Salmonella outbreak has been linked to home delivery meals made by Metabolic Meals, prompting health officials to warn customers to check their refrigerators and freezers. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 16 people...

Invasive, disease-carrying tick found in Maine, the farthest northeast it has been spotted

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 9/8 7:50A AP via Scripps News Group

Researchers have confirmed the presence of an invasive species of tick in Maine for the first time, marking the farthest northeast in the United States the pest has been discovered. The University of Maine and state conservation officials said...

Florida to ease school vaccine rules; shots for measles, polio still required

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 9/8 7:17A AP via Scripps News Group

Florida's plan to drop school vaccine mandates likely won't take effect for 90 days and would include only chickenpox and a few other illnesses unless lawmakers decide to extend it to other diseases, like polio and measles, the health department...

FDA approves first human clinical trials for gene-edited pig kidney transplants

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 9/8 6:15A Scripps News Group

Scientists have reached a major milestone in animal-to-human transplant research as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first human clinical trials for kidney transplants from genetically modified pigs. According to biotech...

Congo has announced a new Ebola outbreak. Here's what to know

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 9/8 2:07A AP via Scripps News Group

Congo's authorities announced earlier last week a new Ebola outbreak, which has killed more than a dozen people in a southern province. Samples analyzed at the National Institute for Biomedical Research in Kinshasa, the Congolese capital,...

Quest Diagnostics says it's tracking a concerning drug trend in the workplace

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 9/6 3:40A Scripps News Group

Quest Diagnostics said it's tracking a concerning drug trend in the workplace after analyzing 8 million drug tests across the country. While positive drug tests were slightly down overall, fentanyl tests jumped significantly for people testing...

Florida will work to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, officials say

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 9/3 7:44A AP via Scripps News Group

Florida will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, building on the effort by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to curb vaccine requirements and other health mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic. DeSantis also announced on...

Governors of Washington, Oregon and California form a health alliance

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 9/3 7:05A AP via Scripps News Group

The Democratic governors of Washington, Oregon and California announced Wednesday that they created an alliance to safeguard health policies, believing the Trump administration is putting Americans' health and safety at risk by politicizing the...

HHS employees demand RFK Jr. resign as leader for 'endangering the nation's health'

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 9/3 4:46A Scripps News Group

Over 1,000 current and former employees of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services signed a letter demanding the resignation of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., claiming he is "endangering the nation's health." "We believe health...

9 former CDC leaders warn Kennedy’s public health views are 'dangerous'

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 9/2 7:29A Justin Boggs

Nine former leaders of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.s views on public health are dangerous, warning they could undermine the nations safety. In an essay published in...

New CDC chief picked without medical credentials as vaccine panel faces shake-up

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 8/29 1:11A AP via Scripps News Group

The nations top public health agency was left reeling Thursday as the White House worked to expel the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director and replace her with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 's current deputy. The turmoil...

HHS Secretary Kennedy targets causes of autism, report due next month

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 8/28 5:11A Justin Boggs

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said his department's report investigating an increase in autism rates will be released next month. "We have will announcements as promised in September, finding interventions, certain...

New Mexico health officials report first case of human plague for 2025

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 8/27 9:14A Scripps News Group

New Mexico health officials said Monday it has identified its first human case of the plague in the state this year. The case was confirmed in a 43-year-old man from Valencia County, who had recently gone camping in Rio Arriba County, according...