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Play Disease Detective with New CDC iPad App

Scientists and gamers alike can now play disease detective, through “Solve the Outbreak,” a new iPad app from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The app lets users assume the role of a disease outbreak investigator in the agency’s Epidemic Intelligence Service ...More

February 20, 2013

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CDC Unveils New NHSN Website

Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) unveiled its redesigned National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) website. Intuitive and simple to navigate, the new NHSN site offers users and visitors: - clear enrollment instructions - one-stop information pages ...More

February 19, 2013

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Hospitals Report Reductions in Some Types of HAIs

Hospitals in the U.S. continue to make progress in the fight against central line-associated bloodstream infections and some surgical site infections, according to a report issued today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Catheter-associated urinary ...More

February 11, 2013

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Scientists Debate CDC Recommendations During Fungal Meningitis Outbreak

A pair of commentaries to appear in an upcoming issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy highlight a debate within the public health community surrounding Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations for treatment of exposed individuals ...More

February 5, 2013

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CDC Reports Flu Activity Falls in the East but Rises Sharply in the West

According to this week’s FluView Report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), influenza-like-illness activity falls in the East but rises sharply in the West. Overall, during week 4 (Jan. 20-26, 2013), influenza activity remained elevated in the United ...More

February 1, 2013

Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions

The Value of Public Health to America Includes Responding to the Fungal Infections Outbreak

The ongoing outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections has highlighted the importance of a strong public health infrastructure. Being able to rapidly respond to this widespread outbreak helped save lives and prevent additional illness among thousands of exposed ...More

January 31, 2013

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CDC Releases First Estimates of the Food Sources of All Foodborne Illnesses in the U.S.

A new paper from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Attribution of Foodborne Illnesses, Hospitalizations, and Deaths to Food Commodities By Using Outbreak Data, United States, 1998-2008” is being published in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal. For ...More

January 29, 2013

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CDC Investigating Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium Infections Linked to Ground Beef

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is collaborating with public health officials in many states and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium ...More

January 28, 2013

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Nationally, Influenza-Like Illness Leveling Off but Some Regions Showing Increases in Cases

According to this week’s Influenza Division FluView Report from the Centerds for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), influenza activity remains elevated in most of the country. Like last week, some national indicators are declining while others are increasing. Nationally, ...More

January 26, 2013

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New Strain Causing Most Norovirus Outbreaks in United States

A new strain of norovirus called GII.4 Sydney was the leading cause of norovirus outbreaks in the United States from September to December 2012, according to a study published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and ...More

January 24, 2013

Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions

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