La Crosse officials trying to tackle vaping epidemic
La Crosse County Health Department Educator Judi Zabel knows the vaping epidemic all too well.
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La Crosse County Human Services talks struggles of helping children during drug epidemic
The drug epidemic is having a big effect on our children and community.
Yemen at risk of third cholera epidemic, health officials warn
War-ravaged Yemen is teetering on the brink of a third cholera epidemic, the World Health Organization warned Friday.
Overdose antidote availability doesn't always mean fewer deaths, study says
Naloxone, a drug that rapidly reverses opioid overdose, has become more widely available as the United States struggles with an epidemic of drug abuse.
CDC cuts to endanger Americans, former chief says
The former chief of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it's dangerous to cut epidemic prevention activities overseas.
'Trump doesn't care about HIV,' say advisers who resigned
Six members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS resigned last week, owing to "a president who simply does not care," one member wrote in a Newsweek op-ed on Friday headlined "Trump doesn't care about HIV. We're outta here."
On the front lines of Russia's 'staggering' HIV epidemic
According to the United Nations' UNAIDS program, Russia had the third-highest number of new HIV infections globally in 2015, behind South Africa and Nigeria.
Local officials hope for drug discussions after Surgeon General report
Drug addiction is still on the rise in our area as well.
Influenza reaching epidemic levels this year
This season's flu outbreak has reached epidemic levels, and the CDC is expecting it to get worse.
