Why the CDC edited a key Covid metric, and what it says about the state of the virus

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month raised its benchmark for levels of the Covid virus in wastewater, adjusting a key metric for assessing the disease’s transmission. As a result ...

Infectious disease veterans call for clearer federal message on measles

While money is pumped into state and local health departments to help counter the growing measles outbreaks across the ...
The Virgin Islands Consortium

CDC Reveals 263 Dengue Cases, First USVI Death Since 2005 and Testing Delays of Up to Two Months

An October 15 CDC report documents 263 confirmed dengue cases and one death during the 2024–2025 outbreak, revealing that ...
Infection control

CDC Ordered to Halt WHO Collaboration: What It Means for Infection Prevention and Global Health

The US CDC's sudden cutoff from WHO threatens global health security, leaving infection preventionists scrambling to track deadly outbreaks like Marburg virus, mpox, and avian flu. In yet another ...