CDC Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/cdc/ A platform for change Fri, 28 Oct 2022 12:41:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 More than 80% of pregnancy-related deaths are preventable, so what can be done to save more lives? https://flux.community/rebekah-barber/2022/10/more-than-80-of-pregnancy-related-deaths-are-preventable-so-what-can-be-done-to-save-more-lives/ Fri, 28 Oct 2022 13:00:37 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12709 According to a report released last month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 80 percent of the pregnancy-related deaths that occurred between 2017 and 2019 were preventable. This finding is based on data compiled by Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRCs) — multidisciplinary boards on the state or local levels that closely review deaths […]

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]]> Experts debunk monkeypox myths as misinformation spreads https://flux.community/orion-rummler/2022/08/experts-debunk-monkeypox-myths-as-misinformation-spreads/ Tue, 16 Aug 2022 18:00:04 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12066 Can monkeypox spread on the subway? Can it kill like COVID-19? Is it transmitted through sex? Misconceptions, myths and a lack of public knowledge on the monkeypox virus are widespread. Despite 57 percent of adults recently polled by Morning Consult feeling confident in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s ability to control the spread of monkeypox, […]

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