WASHINGTON, May 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Vol. 74 / No. 1), titled "Expanded Recommendations for Use of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Among Adults Aged 50 Years: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices -- United States, 2024," issued on Jan. 9, 2025, announcing a significant update to pneumococcal vaccination guidelines. The report was auth  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Vol. 74 / No. 10) on March 27, 2025, presenting an analysis of newly reported chronic hepatitis C cases among adult Alaska residents from 2016 to 2023. The report offers insights into progress toward hepatitis C elimination goals and highlights demographic groups disproportionately affected by the disease. The study  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Vol. 74 / No. 12), titled "Routes of Marijuana Use -- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 22 U.S. States and Two Territories, 2022" on April 10, 2025, detailing routes of marijuana use among adults in 22 U.S. states and two territories in 2022.  The report, based on a newly revised optional marijuana module  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Vol. 74 / No. 3), titled "Serum Concentrations of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Among First Responders to the Maui Wildfires -- Hawaii, September 2023," released on Feb. 6, 2025, detailing the exposure of first responders to hazardous perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) following the devastating   more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement Foils Crab Trafficking Plot in Alaska NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement led an investigation that resulted in a Kodiak fisherman being sentenced to prison for illegally trafficking diseased crab from Alaska to Washington. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska handled the successful prosecution. On May 13, Corey Potter was sentenced   more