The CDC challenged draft 2024 infection control guidelines sent to the agency for approval from the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), asking for clarification on key ...

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 ...

Whether you are placing a central line, managing a Clostridioides difficile case, or keeping a surgical field sterile, you're likely following standards influenced by the Healthcare Infection Control ...

In a close vote, U.S. health experts ended a long-standing rule that gave nearly every newborn a hepatitis B vaccine right ...

The CDC has rescinded its long-standing advice on universal hepatitis B vaccination of newborns within 24 hours of birth.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially abandoned universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns on Tuesday, signing off on its vaccine advisers’ recommendation for individual ...

The CDC has officially ended its recommendation for the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Experts say the decision upends more than three decades of vaccination policy in the United States and will ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a travel health notice for China after a spike in chikungunya infections, a mosquito-borne illness that can cause debilitating joint pain ...

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 ...

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its traveling warning on Chikungunya as an outbreak has hit the area of Guangdong Province, China. The travel warning was upgraded by the ...

Many doctors and public health leaders urged the CDC to reject the committee’s recommendation. (HealthDay News) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rescinded its long-standing ...