Centers For Disease Control
Fentanyl Maker is Fighting Legal Marijuana in Arizona with Big Bucks
Insys Therapeutics, a pharmaceutical company that sells fentanyl, an opioid painkiller 100 times stronger than morphine and 50 times stronger than heroin, is fighting pot legalization in Arizona with the most powerful weapon in business and politics: money. [1]
Group Says CDC ‘Attends Secret Meetings’ to Hide Lyme Disease Dangers from Public
Policies for the treatment of Lyme disease are controlled, in large part, by the Centers for Disease and Control Prevention (CDC). The The Mayday Project—a volunteer organization encompassing those touched by Lyme disease – has accused the CDC of violating federal law by participating in secret meetings with the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).
CDC Urges Doctors to be Alert for Potential Cases of the Plague
The CDC is urging doctors to consider a diagnosis of the plague if a patient presents with fever, abdominal pain, and nausea and vomiting, especially if the individual has recently visited the Western United States or are residents of the region.
Since April, 11 people have been diagnosed with the human plague – an unusually high number, considering between 2001 and 2012, the annual number of cases of the disease reported in the U.S. ranged from one to 17, the CDC said in a statement. The median number of annual plague cases across the past decade had been three. [1]