From May through July, people get tick bites and tickborne diseases more often than any other time of year in the United States, but many may not know they are at risk.
Ever cringe when you step on the scale? Now, think of the entire country stepping on that scale. Imagine the Weight of the Nation. Obesity is a common, serious, and costly health problem, and CDC is working to control and prevent it.
Guest Author – Michelle Farber, RN, CIC Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) 2012 President If you asked healthcare professionals a decade ago to describe the role of the infection control practitioner, “hand w…
There is important news for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Did you know that one of the most dangerous side effects of chemotherapy cannot be seen? That’s right; a low white blood cell count puts cancer patients at a higher risk for getting a…
For more than six decades, CDC has guarded people against infectious and noninfectious diseases, responded to dangers caused by injuries, workplace hazards, disabilities and environmental health threats, thereby increasing opportunities for longer, mor…
Guest Author – Neil Fishman, M.D. Associate Chief Medical Officer for the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. I have noticed more conversations at hospitals, …
Author – Clifford McDonald MD Prevention and Response Branch Chief CDC’s Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion Looking back now, it is like a movie playing out in my mind. We were at the 2004 IDSA conference in Boston, and my colleagues from the…
Although many foods can be enjoyed raw, milk and products made from it should never be one of them. Raw milk, or milk that has not been pasteurized (heated to kill germs), is one of the riskiest sources of foodborne illness and can be contaminated with…
Author: Dan Pollock CDC, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Surveillance Branch Chief CMS announced today that its Hospital Compare website now includes central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) data reported from hospital ICUs to C…
Guest Author – Bill Sleeper Georgia-Pacific Professional Each year, more than 200,000 people are hospitalized with the flu and 36,000 die from complications of the virus, according to the CDC. While it may seem like a mundane daily task, washing your…