SAN JOSE — A San Jose woman recently underwent a quadruple amputation, but it remained unclear Wednesday what disease or infection may have forced the procedure. A statement released by the County of Santa Clara Public Health Department  contradicted the claims of a GoFundMe fundraiser, which said the 40-year-old mother, Laura Barajas, was forced to […]

People with repeat mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) infections and those who were infected after vaccination appear less likely to develop severe illness, according to a global series of 37 cases reported in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. These findings show that although people who had mpox can get it again, and vaccination does not always […]

By Amy Maxmen | KFF Health News Nurses, researchers, and workplace safety officers worry new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention might reduce protection against the coronavirus and other airborne pathogens in hospitals. A CDC advisory committee has been updating its 2007 standards for infection control in hospitals this year. Many healthcare […]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced it’s awarding an estimated $262.5 million, pending the availability of funds, over the next five years to establish a national network of 13 infectious disease forecasting and analytics centers. The effort is being led by the CDC’s Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics (CFA), which […]

Newly emerging and recurrent cases of viral infections constitute a significant problem and a huge challenge to public health. Most countries prevent or control acute viral infections through widespread vaccination and improved sanitation. As a result, measles, yellow fever, and rabies cases rarely occur in developed countries. The 21st-century health crisis caused by the coronavirus […]