Discoveries About C. diff Underscore That What Happens Outside Hospitals Doesn’t Always Stay Outside Hospitals
February 20, 2020
Hospital administrators and infection preventionists have to contend with diversity among C. diff isolates.
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CDC Seeks to Test Some with Flu-Like Symptoms for COVID-19
February 19, 2020
Health officials say that this is a particularly bad year for an extended influenza season since flu symptoms and some of the symptoms of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, are the same (fever, cough, shortness of breath).
FDA Fast-Tracks Distribution of Test That Can Quickly Diagnose Coronavirus
February 6, 2020
The agency uses an emergency use authorization to allow distribution of the diagnostic kits.
First Human-to-Human Coronavirus Transmission in US Confirmed
January 30, 2020
The World Health Organization has just declared the outbreak a global health emergency.
Novel Coronavirus Updates and Efforts for Infection Prevention
January 27, 2020
In this uncertain time of constantly changing news and updates that often stress response efforts, it is important to focus on opportunities for prevention and ensuring staff have the right information.
CDC Confirms a Second Travel-Related Case of Coronavirus in the US
January 24, 2020
Nancy Messonnier, MD, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases: "The situation is evolving rapidly."
CDC’s Fauci: Coronavirus Vaccine On the Way
January 23, 2020
Testing on human subjects could begin in 3 months.
WHO: Coronavirus Not Yet A Global Health Threat
January 23, 2020
But “it may become one yet,” warns WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
WHO Delays Labelling Coronavirus Outbreak an Emergency
January 22, 2020
Panel of WHO health experts will reconvene tomorrow.
In Midst of Coronavirus Outbreak, WHO Decries Lack of Antibiotics
January 22, 2020
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, MD, the director-general of WHO, said that “never has the threat of antimicrobial resistance been more immediate and the need for solutions more urgent."