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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a travel health notice for China after a spike in chikungunya ...

The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging people to protect themselves from mosquito bites over the holiday weekend as West Nile virus activity increases across the ...