The agency last revised the guidelines, "Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings," in 2007, and now the group that advises the CDC on infection ...

Dr. Susan Monarez is slated to be sworn in as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday, a ...

Medical experts advise for people not to let their guards down as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issues new COVID-19 isolation guidelines. The CDC dropped its five-day isolation ...

For groups at higher risk of contracting syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea, the CDC now recommends taking doxycycline, an antibiotic, within 72 hours of having sex.

Infectious disease expert Amesh A. Adalja, M.D., senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, says he’s “supportive” of the new guidelines.

The tool is intended to help hospitals assess the efficiency and adequacy of existing infection control programs and also offers recommendations for improvement. The tool is comprised of 21 modules ...

In the 1990s, the committee added recommendations to CDC's earlier guidance, and in 2002, HICPAC released updated recommendations underscoring the use of alcohol-based hand rubs and routine ...

The changes include new guidance for when to stay home when sick, when people should test for COVID-19 and when to put on masks. Here's the latest about the CDC's new recommendations.

Photo: Liz Highleyman The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its first proposed guidelines for using the antibiotic doxycycline as post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent sexually ...