HICPAC has made 540 recommendations for infectious disease control, and 90 percent of its suggested measures were fully implemented by the CDC, NBC found. The committee provided best practices for ...

Six years ago, a Canadian neurologist claimed to notice strange symptoms in a cluster of patients in New Brunswick, a province bordering Maine. According to the neurologist, Dr. Alier Marrero ...

1 lineage of SARS-CoV-2. On Thursday, the “Make America Healthy Again” commission released its first report on the potential contributors of chronic diseases, such as diabetes, mental illness ...

The efforts of a research team from Bochum and Würzburg give hope for new treatment approaches for dangerous tropical diseases. The researchers have compiled a high-precision inventory of the ...

Entire generations have barely encountered these diseases as high vaccination rates and intensive surveillance efforts have largely shielded the country from major outbreaks. “We were quite ...

If you’re thinking about being in the woods this summer, experts are warning to stay alert for ticks, as this year may see a spike in tick-borne diseases, including Lyme disease. The reason?

N.I.H. restrictions on payments to foreign partners may jeopardize research into conditions that would benefit Americans. By Roni Caryn Rabin One of the studies threatened by a new administration ...

A revolutionary treatment for autoimmune diseases could be on the horizon. Twenty-four million to 50 million Americans have an autoimmune disease, in which the body’s immune system mistakenly ...

GTA schools are reporting cases of a disease commonly known as “slapped cheek” syndrome — an infectious virus often appearing in school-age children. A recent letter posted on a door at a ...

Established by the CDC in 1991, HICPAC was charged with updating guidelines and policy statements on infectious disease prevention in United States hospitals, according to the CDC. Infection ...