(Corrects hospitalization figure in paragraph 2 to 36 from 27 after CDC revises number) Aug 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers ...

India, Aug. 6 -- Cases of Cyclospora, the diarrhea causing stomach bug, have now jumped to 12,000 in Michigan. Meanwhile, the ...

Last June, an obscure federal advisory committee—the Healthcare Infection Control Advisory Committee to the Centers for Disease Control—first shocked many in the public health community by suggesting ...

A total of 1,955 arboviral disease cases were reported by 48 states and the District of Columbia in 2024, 92% of which were ...

While seemingly esoteric and of little impact to health workers and the public, a little known group is creating a firestorm in the public health community. The Healthcare Infection Control Advisory ...

Nurses, patients, and professional groups are pushing for more rigorous infection control standards from the CDC following a preview of proposed changes to its isolation precaution guidelines and an ...

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Funding cuts and restructuring at the CDC reportedly have disrupted certain efforts related to infection prevention, control and disease monitoring. One such effort is Together TakeMeHome at Emory ...

Earlier this month, the CDC's Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) voted unanimously to approve its draft infection control guidelines and send it to the CDC for review.