The Trump administration said Friday it plans to cut nearly 1,300 probationary positions at the Centers for Disease Control ...

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PROVIDENCE – If you feel like everyone around you is getting influenza – also known as the flu – you may not be entirely ...

Copper oxide-containing surfaces significantly reduced Clostridioides difficile spores after 4 hours, according to study findings published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

Nursing home leaders are hoping that the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) new chief, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who ...

Norovirus is commonly referred to as the stomach flu, stomach bug or as the “cruise ship virus” because it’s often the cause ...

Skilled nursing facilities are teaming up with public health organizations for assistance in creating emergency preparedness plans.

Every fall and winter, the United States sees an uptick in the number of people who fall ill to influenza and other seasonal diseases. This flu season typically stretches from October to ...

Two children have died of flu in North Carolina, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.