The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says C. diff, which is shed in feces, was estimated to cause almost half a million infections in the United States in 2011, including 15,000 deaths.

The bacterium Clostridioides difficle, or C. diff, is an urgent antibiotic resistance threat, causing half a million illnesses in the United States each year and nearly 30,000 deaths, according to the ...

HHS plans to fold the CDC's chronic disease center into the new Administration for a Healthy America. Experts fear for coordination with local health departments, among other things.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official has resigned from her role overseeing updates to COVID-19 vaccine recommendations. This decision follows an order from ...

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has announced 15 youth-led innovations as winners of the Bingwa PLUS Y-Health Incubator Pitch Competition, marking a significant ...

The active ingredient in Pepto Bismol, bismuth subsalicylate, is often used to treat and prevent diarrhea while traveling — but a new study found it may not help with prevention.

Four members of the 17-person expert panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccination policy have been informed that their status as special government employees ...

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Inside the Collapse of America’s Overdose Prevention Program Layoffs and funding freezes have gutted the CDC’s response to the opioid crisis—just as harm reduction was beginning to work ...

NEW YORK (AP) — All 17 experts recently dismissed from a government vaccine advisory panel published an essay Monday decrying “destabilizing decisions" made by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new vaccine advisers meet next week, but their agenda suggests they'll skip some expected topics — including a vote on COVID-19 shots — ...