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CDC Infection Tracking System Now Available to All U.S. Hospitals
A secure, Web-based reporting network that lets facilities track infections associated with health care is now available to all health care facilities in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today.
CDC Media Update: XDR TB Public health Investigation
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides the following update regarding its investigation and public health actions related to a patient with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB). CDC is recommending that passengers and crew on two trans-Atlantic flights taken by the patient be notified of potential exposure to tuberculosis and evaluated for TB…
New Report Highlights Growing Foodborne Illness Challenges E. coli
A report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a leveling of cases for some foodborne infections after a period of decline. For others, incidences of infection which had declined appear to be returning to earlier levels…
CDC Disease Detectives Highlight Findings from Recent Investigations
WHAT: 55th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference WHO: The CDC Disease Detectives will present findings from recent investigations, including these: outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis among river rafters in the Grand Canyon,outbreak of cryptosporidiosis associated with a recreational water spray park,
Fusarium Keratitis Update
As of May 12, 2006, CDC has received reports of 122 confirmed cases, 15 possible cases and 60 cases still under investigation from 33 U.S. states and territories. 75 reports include insufficient evidence to classify them as cases or carry other non-Fusarium diagnoses.
CDC Study Warns of Deaths Due to the “Choking Game”
Most fatalities in 11-to-16 year old boys
The End of Polio: Photographs of Sebasti o Salgado Opens to Public
Early in 2001 in Somalia, Brazilian photojournalist Sebasti o Salgado began to document the global effort to eradicate the crippling disease poliomyelitis…
CDC Researchers find possible animal source for Marburg virus
Identification of infection in a common African fruit bat…
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