The CDC's HICPAC advisory committee seems intent on rolling back infection control precautions in healthcare settings, ...

COVID-19 cases are rising again just in time for the holidays. The Tulsa Health Department said new guidelines encourage ...

The CDC recommends wider testing and more use of antiviral flu medicine for workers exposed to bird flu at poultry and dairy ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced Dave Weldon, a former congressman and a medical doctor, as his choice for director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a sweeping ...

The rate of triplet births and births of a higher order -- like quadruplets, sextuplets and octuplets -- dropped 62% in the US between 1998 and 2023, according to a new CDC report. Stock.adobe.com ...

CDC experts said the decreases follow important developments and innovations in STI prevention, such as: New guidelines for using doxycycline after exposure to bacterial STIs, to prevent infection.

The guidance includes a new recommendation to counsel patients ... if they take an anti-anxiety medication or opioid. The CDC guidelines also state that lidocaine “might be useful” for ...

A new CDC report published Wednesday identified two New Jersey dogs - a golden retriever and a cocker spaniel - that became infected in spring of 2023 with an antibiotic-resistant bacteria ...

CDC officials said the study suggests asymptomatic ... but there has been no evidence the virus can spread from person to person. Shah said the new blood test study does not raise concerns about ...