Infectious Disease Control News and Press Releases

Infectious Disease Control

Releases published in the last 30 days.

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Health Care Facilities in Puerto Rico Take Note of CDC’s Legionnaires’ Disease Prevention Bulletin: 6/26/2017 2:20:21 PM; Earlier this month, the June edition of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Vitalsigns™ publication was released. This issue was dedicated to raising awareness of patients developing Legionnaires’ disease in health care facilities and ways to prevent this from occurring in the first place.
Water Tests at San Diego Area Schools Find Some Elevated Lead Levels: 6/7/2017 8:47:23 AM; In late May, San Diego’s NBC 7 broadcasted a report about the ongoing efforts to test for lead in the drinking water of area schools. According to the news station, a water source at an elementary school in the school district was recently discovered to have lead levels above the state’s guidelines for taking action.
A Killer’s Revenge: 6/7/2017 8:00:00 AM; “Blaming The Victim” is a novel by Jackson Rateau, which surrounds the life of Dorven Marc Forest. After living for twenty-five years in the United States, he was appalled by the coincidence that made him a millionaire.
Facts About the Air We Breathe and Testing for Airborne Pollutants: 6/5/2017 8:29:30 AM; Many people with a healthy respiratory system rarely think about what is in the air they breathe. However, for the tens of millions of people who suffer from asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), allergies and other breathing challenges, the quality of the air they are exposed to have a direct impact on their health and well-being.
New Study Finds Most Cooling Towers Test Positive for Legionella: 6/2/2017 9:53:28 AM; Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the results of a new study about the prevalence of Legionella bacteria in cooling towers across the country.
California Residents Learn about Ticks during National Lyme Disease Awareness Month: 6/1/2017 8:29:06 AM; Earlier this month, San Francisco’s KGO-TV broadcast a story about Lyme disease and the medical challenges faced by area residents who have been diagnosed with the condition.