Tag Archives: Facilities

CDC warns of <em>Listeria</em> outbreak linked to supplement shakes distributed in long-term care facilities March 5th, 2025Lawrence Hale

CDC warns of <em>Listeria</em> outbreak linked to supplement shakes distributed in long-term care facilities

March 5, 2025News & Updates&ltem&gtListeria&lt/em&gt, Care, distributed, Facilities, Linked, LongTerm, Outbreak, shakes, Supplement, WarnsLawrence Hale

CDC warns of Listeria outbreak linked to supplement shakes distributed in long-term care facilities

CDC Assisting Illinois and Wisconsin Investigation of Seoul Virus Outbreak Associated with Home-based Rat-Breeding Facilities – Media Statement December 13th, 2024Loren Pittman

CDC Assisting Illinois and Wisconsin Investigation of Seoul Virus Outbreak Associated with Home-based Rat-Breeding Facilities – Media Statement

December 13, 2024News & UpdatesAssisting, Associated, Facilities, HomeBased, Illinois, Investigation, Media, Outbreak, RatBreeding, Seoul, Statement, virus, WisconsinLoren Pittman

Experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are working with the Illinois Department of Health and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to investigate cases of Seoul virus infections among eight people who worked at several rat-breeding facilities in the two states.

CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report – What can be done to lower the risk of Legionnaires' disease for patients in healthcare facilities? – Media Advisory March 31st, 2024Yolanda Bravo

CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report – What can be done to lower the risk of Legionnaires' disease for patients in healthcare facilities? – Media Advisory

March 31, 2024News & UpdatesAdvisory, Disease, done, Facilities, healthcare, Legionnaires&#039, Lower, Media, Patients, Report, Risk, Signs, Telebriefing, VitalYolanda Bravo

A new CDC analysis finds that among 21 jurisdictions studied, 76 percent reported cases of Legionnaires’ disease associated with healthcare facilities – a concerning finding because the disease is particularly severe when acquired from such facilities.

Patients in health care facilities at risk for Legionnaires' disease – Press Release March 25th, 2024William Foley

Patients in health care facilities at risk for Legionnaires' disease – Press Release

March 25, 2024News & UpdatesCare, Disease, Facilities, Health, Legionnaires&#039, Patients, Press, Release, RiskWilliam Foley

A new CDC analysis finds that among the 21 U.S. jurisdictions studied, 76 percent reported health care-associated cases of Legionnaires’ disease, a concerning finding since Legionnaires’ disease acquired from health care facilities can be particularly severe.

Seniors in Care Facilities Have More Protection Available This Year: CDC Encourages Vaccination Against Flu, COVID-19 and RSV December 23rd, 2023Beverly Stephens

Seniors in Care Facilities Have More Protection Available This Year: CDC Encourages Vaccination Against Flu, COVID-19 and RSV

December 23, 2023News & UpdatesAgainst, Available, Care, COVID19, Encourages, Facilities, Have, More, Protection, Seniors, Vaccination, yearBeverly Stephens

New research in this week’s MMWR finds that most nursing home residents haven’t received an updated COVID-19 vaccine or the new RSV vaccine.

Half of mental health facilities and a third of substance abuse treatment facilities have smoke-free campuses May 16th, 2023Laura Tipton

Half of mental health facilities and a third of substance abuse treatment facilities have smoke-free campuses

May 16, 2023News & UpdatesAbuse, campuses, Facilities, Half, Have, Health, Mental, SmokeFree, Substance, Third, TreatmentLaura Tipton

Opportunity to enhance tobacco cessation treatment in these settings

Increasing Threat of Spread of Antimicrobial-resistant Fungus in Healthcare Facilities April 9th, 2023Isabel Coburn

Increasing Threat of Spread of Antimicrobial-resistant Fungus in Healthcare Facilities

April 9, 2023News & UpdatesAntimicrobialresistant, Facilities, Fungus, healthcare, Increasing, Spread, ThreatIsabel Coburn

Candida auris (C. auris), an emerging fungus considered an urgent antimicrobial resistance (AR) threat, spread at an alarming rate in U.S. healthcare facilities in 2020-2021, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

CDC Releases Emergency Guidance for Healthcare Facilities to Prepare for Potential Omicron Surge December 25th, 2021Luciana Robinson

CDC Releases Emergency Guidance for Healthcare Facilities to Prepare for Potential Omicron Surge

December 25, 2021News & UpdatesEmergency, Facilities, Guidance, healthcare, Omicron, Potential, Prepare, releases, surgeLuciana Robinson

CDC Releases Emergency Guidance for Healthcare Facilities to Prepare for Potential Omicron Surge