and engineering, health and human services includes not just n.i.h., but both the centers for disease control and prevention and the fda, also science-heavy organizations and so on down the list. many countries have ministries of science and technology that try to concentrate a lot of this stuff under one minister. we don't. we have this dispersed model where the bulk of the science and technology talent is spread across the executive branch, but a relatively small office of science and technology office in the white house tries to oversee it all and distill what's in it for the president and his senior advisers, and that's shown in this picture. the center of science and technology policy in the white house since the second eisenhower term where the office of science and technology, ost, was initiated since 1976. it's been osdp, the office of science and technology policy, ost had always been created by executive order and it was 1976 president nixon had abolished the predecessor organization ost and the corresponding advisory committee then called psac, fired his science adviser because he didn't like the

according to the centers for disease control and prevention, heroin use among young people doubled in the last decade. among those young people, 18 to 25 years old. and this affects all of us. it knows no zip code. it certainly knows no walk of life. since 2010, heroin overdose deaths have doubled among hispanic americans, african americans, native americans and whites. just a lot of those people who are addicted to prescription drugs have switched to heroin, as we said, we're now seeing that heroin addicts are switching also. even if they don't know they're doing it often, they're switching to do synthetic forms of fentanyl, like fentanyl and carfentanil can be up to 50 times more powerful than heroin. sometimes they don't know it because the traffickers are sprinkling this fentanyl in other drugs. heroin, of course, but also we know now cocaine mixing it with marijuana, mixing it with other drugs, not letting people know it. we had a 14-year-old girl recently die in dayton, ohio, who was snorting what she was told was heroin with her drugs. she had done it before. but this was carfe

the zika virus is still a serious public health threat for pregnant women and their sexual partners. the centers for disease control and preventionnt of zika infected mothers in the u.s. had babies with birth defects. >> the pilot of a small plane is under arrest because police say he was flying the plane while intoxicated. investigators knew something was not right when the plane landed in the parking lot of a distribution center near los angeles, california. they gave the pilot a sobriety test which he failed. investigators are trying to determine whether the landing was forced due to an engine failure or if the plane simply ran out of gas. >> all right. up next, hall of fameer allen iverson, sorry about that, he is mocking his epic rant. you may remember that. we'll tell you why coming up after the break. >> a nine-year-old says his cell phone battery burned him while he was sitting in class. hear what happened moments before the battery ignited later on "action news." first up, "gma"'s first look. >> in this this morning's "gma" first look explosive new allegations against fox news. this time the network accused of appalling

that's according to the centers for disease control and prevention, and about half of those deaths are from something called opiates, such as hydrocodone, oxycodone, or fentanyl and heroin. the government says opiate abuse is the leading cause of deaths by accident in the united states. i hope that shocks you, because it certainly shocked me. here in the studio with me to talk about this, two mothers whose college-aged children died from accidental overdoses. from the east bay, april rovero, who lost her son joey, and from marin county, susan kim. you lost your son trey in april. i want to start with you. we've worked together for several years now, been on a couple of panels together. and i want folks to know about joey. what was he like, and what happened to him? >> hmm, well, joey was a senior at arizona state university when we got the -- the horrible news that he had passed away in his bedroom overnight after a college party. he'd been out with friends the night before, and they'd gone to the nightclubs in the area to celebrate a birthday and an early graduation for a friend. came

it also would have gutted the georgia based centers for disease control and prevention which helps thetry. it was an unpopular bill here. so, too, as today's closed door signing of a bill attacking family planning and reproductive health been greeted with concern in this district. >> there has been a lot of outside help for you in this campaign. the fund is obviously surprising everyone. it is a massive amount of funding for a congressional campaign. were you surprised that you were able to attract that much campaign help? >> it has taken on a bit of a life of its own. i'm proud of the fact that it's small dollar grassroots fun raising. the average an trick to my campaign is $42. when you have super pacs from washington coming in with cynical partisan attacks on candidates like me who are standing up against corruption and for a change in corruption i'm glad it's grassroots funding if no one clears 50% on tuesday. the runoff will be on june 20th. the early numbers suggest an outright win on tuesday is possible. either way we will be ready to fight and win if there is a runoff. >> in yo

according to the centers for disease control and prevention one in ten pregnant women in the u.s.by the virus. most of these women were infected during travel to an area where the virus was known to be present and the cdc is warning zika is not going away. they say each week the agency learns of 30 to 40 new cases in the u.s. >>> constantly losing and regaining weight could lead to some major health problems. new stud publish in the new england journal of medicine finds that people who do the so called yo-yo diet having a great risk for stroke, heart attack and death. the authors say their research doesn't prove the dieting directly causes these problems merely that there is an association. >>> emotional ceremony in texas. the family of a teen who donated his organs meets the people whose lives he saved. >> dion england was there for that moating. ♪ >> reporter: a flag raised to celebrate organ donation. >> we'll continue to honor aaron in so many ways. >> reporter: a young man who made it his final good deed. aaron singleton of joshua high school died in november. he took a hard

according to new study in the journal pediatrics, researchers at the centers for disease control and preventionhree quarters of the kids who died of flu complications between 2010 and 2014 were not vaccinated before getting sick. the team estimates if these kids did get the flu shot more than half of these deaths would have been prevented. they say the findings emphasize how important it is both adults and children older than six months get that flu shot every year. >>> a special thank you for a man prepared to sacrifice everything. a national guard general retires from active duty. >> fox's ashley michaels takes us to the emotional ceremony. ♪ >> reporter: military ceremonies are known for being grand. ♪ >> reporter: it's not every day you see one that makes a two-star general cry. >> when you start reflecting about your life and a career you think about your mom and dad. they provide that great foundation. >> that's major general michael edwards the leader of colorado's national guard. this whole ceremony is for him. >> it's water time. >> major general edwards having served faithfully and mo

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in this morning's health watch the centers for disease control and prevention says the flu is still outecent years the h3n2 strain of the virus affected mostly children but this year more middle aged people seemed to have been affected. >> a study which probably won't be surprising to most of you. doctors say they're seeing more and more people addicted to their smartphones. they cannot go longer than 30 minutes without checking their device before they start to feel anxious and stressed. the percentage is even higher among millennials at 43 percent and parents at 42 percent. >> well, a company in the uk developed clear coffee. that's right the name of the beverage. looks more like a bottle of water than a cup of coffee. the makers say the transparent caffeinated drink tastes like a strong cold brewed coffee. they say they use -- what is that -- >> arabica. >> i hope that's right. they're keeping the process they use to make the drink top-secret. right now clear coffee is available in the uk and costs about $7.50 for two bottles. >> whoa. >> that's expensive. >> i'm wondering -- i'm sit

centers for disease control and prevention say the pair bought the salad to share it, they ate some of it. after digging around, that's when they found the bat. cdc said the two are fine, they have no signed of rabies. walmart took the product off the shelf. >> good idea there. >> 6:25. the next yie you get pulled over, the police could be driving a fuel efficient gas electric hybrid. ford offering a police version of the sedan in response to requests from many u.s. cities. ford sells more police cars than any other automaker. the new car gets 38 miles per gallon and the police department would nearly have $4,000 a year in extra fuel costs saved per fec. >> speaking of fuel costs, prices at the pump are up and they moy continue to rise. the average price went up 9 cents in the past two weeks. experts say higher oil prices and the recent missile strike on syria contributed to the jump. for now, the national average for gas, $2.43 a gallon. cheapest in bay area, $2.56 in san jose. >> starting this morning, you will find a new face on sesame street. >> finally today, the cast welcomes jul

recommended both by the cdc, center for disease control and prevention, as well as fight sf dph, twoividuals clients were elevated risk for hiv. >> i actually was in the project here when i first started here it was in trials. i'm currently on prep. i do prep through city clinic. you know i get my tests read here regularly and i highly recommend prep >> a lot of patients inclined to think that there's no way they could afford to pay for prep. we really encourage people to come in and talk to one of our prep navigators. we find that we can help almost everyone find a way to access prep so it's affordable for them. >> if you times we do have opponents would be on thursday morning. we have two different clinics going on at that time. when is women's health services. people can make an appointment either by calling them a dropping in or emailing us for that. we also have an hiv care clinic that happens on that morning as well also by appointment only. he was city clinic has been like home to me. i been coming here since 2011. my name iskim troy, client of city clinic. when i first learne

researchers look at a centers for disease control and prevention survey finding 8 million americans adultsogical distress. they estimated 2014 nearly one in ten of these people were unable to get the help they need because their health insurance didn't cover it. >>> ♪ >> i know what helps me destress and that's when we get to go to weather school. >> that's true. i feel the stress leaving my body as we speak. >> for 45 seconds the world is a good place. >> listen, students, i realize many of you are on spring break but here we don't get spring break because we need every day of learning we can get. don't we. >> that's true. >> yes, we we clear vol catching up to do at least with these two. let's do the weather report c card. sunshine -- you know what,. >> what? >> this teacher does not give out grades like this very often. i'm very tough. but i'm giving straight a's. a for sunshine. a for winds. a for afternoon temperature. the back to school strut. >> okay. >> you get an a for that? >> a plus. >> which advanced grad school are you going to? >> hit my music overall grade an a. >> ♪ >> why

according to new data for the center for disease control and prevention. ss the challenges. she is ceo. characterize the opioid crisis for as a tell us about the implant and how it works. the crisis as you say is taking the lives of 33,000 americans each year. there is an epidemic. so we can help make a dent in the time the implant is our first product with approved by the fbi -- fda last year. and last for six months delivering it at a teddy blood level for the entire time so that the patient doesn't have that. they don't have to see that. really feel like they have gotten focused on the rest of the life. what exactly is this medicine that this produces. it contains those. in the opioid addiction treatment. we had three medicines i had been proven over and over. medication is as part of an overall treatment in treating opioid addictions. we have a whole pipeline of innovations coming. also for the addictions so that we can treat patients from the day they start treatment to when they're much more stable. what is the alternative if you are not doing this th

for help. >>> and then type two tkoeu beaties can occur when extra body fat makes it hard for cells to use insulin. that's triple the rate from 40 years ago according to the centers disease control and preventiontype ii diabetes is thr 3.5% for girls. >>> apple is building a nature reserve on top of the property. they are in a bidding war to buy up the best trees. insiders say apple appears to be more focussed on buying fruit-bearing trees since steve jobs wanted the campus to remind him of growing up in california. >>> on to your morning money reports, tesla going big with its next vehicle. >> and they will unveil a semi truck in september. it will increase safety and will be fun to operate. in a series of tweets yesterday, he announced tesla will reveal an electric pick up in 18 to 24 months and it comes at a critical time for tesla. final unveiling of the model 3 is expected in july. >>> jcpenney says it's delaying plans to close 138 stores. they have been seeing a big boost in sales since the clo closur closures. and they are going to keep going through may 22nd. store closures have been pushed back to july 31st. >>> if you have not gotten dressed yet, it's blue and gold day. we have the b

for agricultural production. the majority of antibiotic resistance correlates to the production of meat. the center of disease control and prevention estimates that 2 million people are becoming infected with antibiotic resistant bacteria every year and of those 23,000 died with those numbers growing. tragic numbers like that, you think congress and the president would take action. >> last year, the white house revealed its action plan which sets forth ambitious goals. >> that national action plan turned out to be very inactive. it was too loose and optional for companies in the agricultural industry. nothing has really changed. i have been a vegetarian for five years so i am safe for anti--- >> it is that the bacteria in the environment in general just become resistant to those antibiotics. environment being soil, plants, run of water, transportation of animals and other surrounding factors that allow these antibiotics to spread even more quickly. we just be eating cage free, grass red, organic products -- grass fed organic products? take "cage free." >> my hands are cage free that i can also be cage free in a layered house with 3

for yourself in "viewchange: hiv prevention-- looking back and moving forward." debra: i'm debra messing, ambassador for psi. it's been 30 years since the centers for disease control l confirmed tthe firirst cases of hihiv in the united states. since 1981, more than 30 million

for yourself in "viewchange: hiv prevention-- looking back and moving forward." debra: i'm debra messing, ambassador for psi. it's been 30 years since the centers for disease control l confirmed tthe firirst cases of hihiv in the united states. since 1981, more than 30 million people around the world have died of aids-related causes, particularly in the developing world, where the disease has devastated entire families, communities, and generations. but thanks to ththe medical advancement of anti-retro viral therapy and progress in prevention, saving lives is now possible. aid groups and governments have been working hard to bring innovative hiv prevention methods and tools to scale. and it's working. in mozambique, one young relationship counselor is getting creative. working with h a local radio show, she's findining ways to make condoms exciting, and even sexy. [man singing in nativlanguage]] narrator: like all countries in southern africa, mozambique suffers from hiv-aids. every year, millions of dollars are spent on prprevention campaigns, including promoting condoms. but the battle is far from won, and one person thinks she knows why. [indiststinct chatter]

so they can prevent these outbreaks in the first instance or monitor them closely if they begin to erupt and deal with them. so, in this united states we have by the center for disease controlin atlanta. >> and. >> this is a rare instance that there is an awful lot of consensus about what needs to be done the biggest problem is actually doing it and if people are willing to put their resources into it? the answer is no but governments are slow to react to fight off the to restore business people and then make it something large bet with that said from terrorism to proliferation is more of a global consensus. >> talk about the non state actors and with many of those issues rather clement or non proliferation or global health issues with this element of the non state actors with this particular day and age. >> it is one way that international institutions need to adapt i was once asked by the secretary general to take the lead on global health. but you also need to get the big pharmaceutical companies that deliver on the ground so imagine trying to set the rules for cyberspace i do have that meeting without representatives of kugel or apple or facebook or others in the room y

recommended both by the cdc, center for disease control and prevention, as well as fight sf dph, two individuals clients were elevated risk for hiv. >> i actually was in the project here when i first started here it was in trials. i'm currently on prep. i do prep through city clinic. you know i get my tests read here regularly and i highly recommend prep >> a lot of patients inclined to think that there's no way they could afford to pay for prep. we really encourage people to come in and talk to one of our prep navigators. we find that we can help almost everyone find a way to access prep so it's affordable for them. >> if you times we do have opponents would be on thursday morning. we have two different clinics going on at that time. when is women's health services. people can make an appointment either by calling them a dropping in or emailing us for that. we also have an hiv care clinic that happens on that morning as well also by appointment only. he was city clinic has been like home to me. i been coming here since 2011. my name iskim troy, client of city clinic. when i first le