Responsibility for public health protection from communicable diseases exists at three government levels in the U.S. (federal, state/tribe, and local/municipal), with states having the authority to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Trump administration shuttered the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), ending three decades of ...

According to the order, assistant health officer Dr Vaishali Jadhav has been assigned responsibility for the Communicable Diseases Control Programme, District Planning Committee (DPDC) works, Mayor ...

Authors examine challenges that local health departments face and offer solutions to help focus their mission as early detectors and intervenors, more clearly delineate their roles amongst state and ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

Media attention given to the recent Ebola outbreak has overshadowed the fact that any number of communicable diseases can cause significant harm and death. Acute respiratory infections, such as ...