Gastrointestinal Infections News

Infections requiring hospitalization were associated with increased risk for future incident heart failure, regardless of infection and HF subtype, according to new data published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

A dozen people have died and 38 have been sickened in a multistate Listeria outbreak linked to frozen supplemental nutrition shakes distributed in long-term care facilities, the CDC said.

The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the next HHS secretary.

The CDC on Thursday published its famed Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report for the first time since the Trump administration ordered the nation’s various health agencies to freeze public communications.

Senators voted on party lines Tuesday to advance the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the next U.S. health secretary.

The CDC’s removal of online resources related to HIV, STIs and other health topics following a Trump administration order to scrub references related to “gender ideology” has alarmed experts, who say it threatens public health.

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

Senators grilled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his views on vaccines, abortion and other health-related matters in a frequently contentious hearing Wednesday to assess his nomination to be the next U.S. health secretary.

On Wednesday, the Senate will hold the first of two scheduled hearings to consider the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the nation’s health care apparatus as HHS secretary.