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CDC says 41 across U.S. being monitored for hantavirus 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced May 14 that 41 people across the U.S. are being monitored for symptoms of hantavirus following an outbreak on a cruise ship...

CDC releases advisory on Ebola outbreak

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday issued an advisory on the Ebola disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The agency said the ri...

CDC sidelines itself as hantavirus cruise ship outbreak grabs global attention

(AP) – No quick dispatching of disease investigators. No news conference to inform the public. No timely health alerts to doctors. In the midst of a strange outbreak of hantavirus...

Hantavirus risk to US public remains low, CDC says

The risk from hantavirus to the general public remains very low, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more than 100 staff members actively working on the out...

CDC hantavirus outbreak classification lowest emergency activation level: Report 

The CDC has activated its 24/7 emergency center and classified hantavirus as the lowest activation level, according to a new report on Thursday.

CDC hantavirus outbreak classification lowest emergency activation level: Report 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has activated its 24/7 emergency center and classified hantavirus as the lowest activation level, according to a new report on...

CDC says monitoring US travelers on cruise ship after hantavirus outbreak

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CDC says monitoring US travelers on cruise ship after hantavirus outbreak

The United States is closely monitoring the situation with U.S. travelers on board the luxury cruise ship that was hit by a hantavirus outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and...

CDC hantavirus outbreak classification lowest emergency activation level: Report 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has activated its 24/7 emergency center and classified hantavirus as the lowest activation level, according to a new report on...

Ebola: NCDC Issues Guidelines for Health Workers, Cautions Against Importing Disease

• Lists Lagos, Enugu, Borno, others as high risk states Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) yesterday released a Public Health Ad...

CDC seeks staff for Ebola screening as outbreak response expands

(Reuters) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has asked staff to volunteer for urgent deployment to support Ebola screening at the country’s entry points, accordi...

Risk low of hantavirus spread, CDC officials say

WASHINGTON — Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday the risk of a member of the general public contracting hantavirus remains low despite seve...

Experts: Where is the CDC?

NEW YORK — No quick dispatching of disease investigators. No televised news conference to inform the public. No timely health alerts to doctors.

We Now Know How Many People the CDC Is Monitoring for Hantavirus

There are no confirmed cases in the US, but 41 people who were potentially exposed to the Andes virus are in quarantine or being monitored for symptoms.

Experts wonder ‘Where is the CDC?' as hantavirus outbreak unfolds

No quick dispatching of disease investigators. No televised news conference to inform the public. No timely health alerts to doctors. In the midst of a hantavirus outbreak that...

Risk low of hantavirus spread, CDC officials say

WASHINGTON — Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday the risk of a member of the general public contracting hantavirus remains low despite seve...

CDC to host webinar for clinicians on managing Ebola

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host a webinar for clinicians May 28 at 2 p.m. ET on the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of...

Experts wonder 'Where is the CDC?' as a hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship

NEW YORK (AP) — No quick dispatching of disease investigators. No televised news conference to inform the public. No timely health alerts to doctors. In the midst of a hantavirus o...

CDC sidelines itself as hantavirus cruise ship outbreak grabs global attention

Experts warn CDC’s muted role in a deadly cruise ship hantavirus outbreak signals waning U.S. readiness for global health threats.

CDC’s Project Firstline Infection Control Micro-Learns: Whooping Cough

Healthcare workers are constantly on the go. But it’s important for them to have access to infection control training and information on issues like whooping cough. With this in mi...

Americans exposed to Ebola outbreak in the Congo, CDC says. Here's how it spreads

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the risk to the American public remains low.

CDC: Risk of Cruise Ship Hantavirus Spreading to U.S. Public Is 'Low'

The CDC has classified the hantavirus outbreak from a Dutch cruise ship as "Level 3" – the lowest level of emergency activation in the agency’s hierarchy of responses. The post CDC...

CDC leader says hantavirus not "a five-alarm fire bell"

Jay Bhattacharya, the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told CBS News that the hantavirus outbreak should be treated differently from COVID.