4 superbugs are ‘urgent’ threats, CDC says. Here’s how patients can help slow them

Candida auris, Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter and Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales are urgent public health threats.
Forbes

CDC Weighs Lowering Infection Protections Even More

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 ...
health

If You Live in the Western US, the CDC Suggests Keeping Pets Off Your Bed. Here’s Why

A starving flea with a clogged gut bites again and again, and your pet may carry it straight into your home. Two disease ...
Arizona Daily StarOpinion

CDC identifies 4 drug-resistant germs that pose an 'urgent threat'

These four germs were categorized as "urgent" by the CDC, meaning they are the biggest threats to Americans' health.
Infection control

CDC Ordered to Halt WHO Collaboration: What It Means for Infection Prevention and Global Health

The US CDC's sudden cutoff from WHO threatens global health security, leaving infection preventionists scrambling to track deadly outbreaks like Marburg virus, mpox, and avian flu. In yet another ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Drug-Resistant Germs Now Kill More Than 50,000 Americans Each Year, According to a New CDC Report

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified 19 "superbugs" that currently pose a threat to human health in ...
WYFF News 4 on MSN

SC ranks 2nd highest in country for flu cases, CDC data shows

South Carolina is second in the nation in the latest flu activity report from the Centers for Disease Control.

CDC sends a ‘disease detective’ to Pennsylvania amid measles outbreak

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is sending a disease expert to assist with the response to the ongoing measles outbreak in Pennsylvania. “CDC will continue working closely with ...