Cancer is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In 2012, there were > 14 million new cancer cases and > 8 million cancer deaths, with 70% of these deaths occurring in low- ...

Infectious disease professionals are calling for greater federal funding in the face of new Centers for Disease Contral and Prevention (CDC) data outlining an uptick in antimicrobial-resistant ...

A recent CDC report shows the state-level epidemiology workforce is increasing. In October 2010, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists sent an Internet-based questionnaire to the state ...

The state has reaffirmed that the cross-border sewage crisis does not warrant an emergency declaration. It has also agreed with a San Diego County investigation that found no increased infectious ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Young sleuths assist officers from the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service in understanding how their friend ...

Reports of several types of healthcare-associated infections skyrocketed in 2020 as hospitals were contending with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new national surveillance data. Per a Centers for ...

CHICAGO (September 18, 2012) – The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have each released new tools and information to help track ...

A coronavirus outbreak struck a recent CDC epidemiology conference, infecting at least 181 attendees, officials said. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s four-day Epidemic ...

Joe Lary, a retired epidemiologist, biologist, physicist, and athlete, was recognized by Marquis Who's Who for his accomplishments. Lary worked at the CDC, specializing in birth defects epidemiology ...