The World Health Organization is opening its annual meeting of government ministers and other top envoys facing one of the most serious crises of its 77-year history in the wake ...

Brazil has reported its first H5N1 avian flu outbreak in commercial poultry, which began on May 12 near the city of ...

In this paper I argue that we can use the recent response to Ebola as an example of a major failure of the global community in three ways. First, the focus has been on the treatment of individuals ...

The CDC has ended its healthcare infection control practices advisory committee to comply with President Donald Trump’s “continuing the reduction of the federal bureaucracy” executive order ...

A group of more than a dozen Democratic senators is asking the Trump administration to rehire a team of scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) dedicated to conducting ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Nurses with Mission Hospital held a demonstration on Thursday, May 8, calling on the hospital's parent company to “do better” with staffing and to highlight concerns ...

A potentially deadly hospital superbug is able to feast on and break down medical-grade plastics—including those used to make implants, sutures and wound dressings. This is the conclusion of a ...

The CDC's updated nPEP guidelines incorporate new antiretroviral therapies and emphasize administration within 72 hours of exposure. Recommendations are based on a comprehensive literature review ...

The Department of Health and Human Services has granted an exemption to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to hire a new class of its disease detectives, multiple CDC officials said ...

NBC News: Trump Administration Has Shut Down CDC's Infection Control Committee The Trump administration has terminated a federal advisory committee that issued guidance about preventing the spread of ...

A letter reviewed by NBC News — which members said the CDC sent out after a virtual meeting — states that the termination took effect more than a month prior, on March 31. According to the ...

NBC News' Erika Edwards talks to a CDC official on how they are working to curb infections.April 30, 2025 ...