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Extra-high amounts of sodium can be hidden in savory snacks like popcorn served at movie theaters and other concession stands.

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We Eat Too Much Sodium Because Companies Keep Dumping It In Our Food

6:39pm January 07, 2016

by Eliza Barclay

A study finds that nearly all Americans — regardless of age, race or gender — consume more sodium than recommended. The CDC says food companies need to work harder to cut it in their products.

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Drug Overdose Deaths On The Rise In North Carolina

4:36pm December 21, 2015

by Sean Bueter

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the number of deaths from drug overdoses i

Google has allowed some researchers to sift through Google data searches to identify disease trends.

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Disease Sleuths Analyze Google Searches To Stop Infections

3:30pm December 10, 2015

by Mary Chris Jaklevic

Google is sharing detailed search data with academic and public health researchers to help them fight the spread of infectious diseases. Will it work?

While serving in Congress, Jay Dickey sponsored legislation that effectively restricts spending for research on firearms deaths.

Congress Still Limits Health Research On Gun Violence

6:48pm December 08, 2015

by Alison Kodjak

The wave of mass shootings in the U.S. is renewing a debate over treating gun violence as a public health issue. Congress has stood in the way of federal funding for studying injuries and deaths.

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Study: The Hidden Financial Cost of Drinking Rises

1:47pm October 17, 2015

Some sobering statistics released this month show there's more than just a personal cost to excessive drinking.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends annual flu vaccination for people 6 months and older.

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CDC Says Flu Vaccine Should Be More Effective This Season

9:24am September 18, 2015

by Rob Stein

Public health officials were surprised last year when the dominant strain of circulating flu mutated after the flu vaccine had been formulated. The current version looks like a better match.

Maybe she goes to school in Wyoming, where no schools start after 8:30 a.m.

States Haven't Embraced Later School Start Times For Teens

12:51pm August 08, 2015

by Richard Harris

Last year the nation's pediatricians said middle and high schoolers shouldn't start school before 8:30 a.m., so they can get much-needed sleep. But almost all schools start before that, the CDC finds.

Ioanna Mattke holds Raven, one of six hens that her family owns. The Mattkes have raised Raven since she was a day old.

Chicken Owners Brood Over CDC Advice Not To Kiss, Cuddle Birds

2:25pm July 22, 2015

by Jason Beaubien

The health agency says kissing and cuddling chickens could be contributing to outbreaks of salmonella. But backyard chicken owners aren't about to lay off the birds.

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Anthrax Was Accidentally Sent To 11 States, 2 Countries, Pentagon Now Says

7:24pm May 29, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The numbers are more than the Pentagon's Thursday estimate of nine states and a U.S. Air Force base in South Korea. News organizations named Australia as the other country that received the samples.

Dugway Proving Ground military base, seen here in 2010, was the source of several anthrax shipments that are suspected of containing live samples of the disease.

Live Anthrax Was Mistakenly Sent To 9 States And A U.S. Military Base

12:36pm May 28, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The Pentagon says an attempt to ship inactive anthrax samples resulted in live samples being sent to labs in nine U.S. states and to a U.S. Air Force base in South Korea.