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 ...

The CDC has released a new resource to help dental healthcare professionals prevent infections. The guideline gives an overview of current infection prevention recommendations and includes a checklist ...

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 ...

One case of infant botulism linked to a formula recall has been reported in New Jersey, according to the Centers for Disease ...

Michael Bell, MD, associate director for infection control at CDC‘s Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, discussed the dangers of improperly using single dose vials and ways healthcare providers ...

Researchers at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have identified a few instances of asymptomatic human ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released the Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care. Melissa Schaefer, MD, medical officer in ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee have released updated guidelines that outline steps to eliminate bloodstream infections ...

As government workers return to the job following the shutdown, Steve Monroe, a retired Centers for Disease Control and ...