The latest European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)/World Health Organization (WHO) report, Tuberculosis Surveillance and Monitoring in Europe 2019 (2017 data) shows that despite an overall decline in numbers of people suffering...
The typical length of stay in hospital after hip replacement and knee replacement procedures has decreased over the last decade from about four days to under two days...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a Global Influenza Strategy for 2019-2030 aimed at protecting people in all countries from the threat of influenza. The goal of the strategy is to prevent seasonal influenza, control the spread of...
According to this week’s FluView report, overall influenza activity remains elevated and is similar to activity reported last week. 48 states and Puerto Rico continue to report widespread flu activity and 32 states are experiencing high influenza...
Survivors of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Liberia had a higher prevalence of certain health issues — including uveitis (eye redness and pain), abdominal, chest, neurologic, and musculoskeletal abnormalities upon physical exam — when compared to a...
According to this week’s FluView report, seasonal influenza activity remains elevated and is similar to overall activity last week. Nationally, influenza-like illness (ILI) activity remains at 5.0%, and influenza activity is widespread in 49...
The 2015-2016 El Niño event brought weather conditions that triggered regional disease outbreaks throughout the world, according to a new NASA study that is the first to comprehensively assess the public health impacts of the major climate event...
More than 1 million first responders and emergency managers in the United States now have a science-based chemical decontamination decision tool and updated guidance on how best to decontaminate a massive number of people after chemical exposure...
Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the launch of the Tri-Agency Task Force for Emergency Diagnostics. This task force...
According to this week’s FluView report, seasonal influenza activity increased again this week, reaching a new high for this season. Influenza activity, predominantly driven by influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus infections this season, is widespread in...
