Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee issued guidance on the prevention and control of ...

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 ...

A federal committee that helped set national rules for infection control in hospitals has been shut down, raising concerns from health experts. The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory ...

Federal health officials are mobilizing against the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite detected in animals in the southwest US.

The National Nurses United (NNU) spoke out against recent US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention action to finalize infection control guidelines that affect long-term care communities. The NNU ...

From hand hygiene to aseptic technique, infection control is at the heart of safe healthcare. Updated CDC guidelines, new research on disinfectants, and innovative teaching methods are shaping how ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating a multistate Listeria outbreak that's linked to soft ...

Experts who advise the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its hospital infection control guidelines have voted to recommend that health care providers wear masks during routine care for ...

The authors have each served as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One misguided narrative is that the CDC should focus only on a “core mission” of combatting infectious ...

Since the Trump administration took office in January 2025, the workforce at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...