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

On any given day, about 1 in 31 hospital patients has at least one HAI, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The good news: As of 2023, the numbers demonstrated an ...

The FDA and CDC recommended a pause in administering Ixchiq, a chikungunya vaccine, in adults ages 60 and above after 17 serious adverse events, including two deaths. About 80,000 Ixchiq doses ...

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 ...

Dr. Ahmed Alfar, head of the pediatrics department at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, said he has seen many examples of malnourished children over the past two months.

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 ...

Sponsor Message Public health workers feel demoralized, and say the sweeping cuts, made with seemingly little consideration for how the CDC operates, have decreased the nation's ability to track ...

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 ...

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 ...

A handful of committee members said the CDC delivered the news about HICPAC’s termination to members Friday, NBC reported. The termination took effect more than a month previously, on March 31 ...