The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention dropped a bombshell on Wednesday, releasing a study that said 29,000 deaths were associated with the gut-dwelling super bug Clostridium difficile. The new ...

Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), after their deadly fumbling on Ebola and measles, new data show the agency vastly underestimated ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention make the following 12 recommendations to prevent Clostridium difficile infections (CDI). 1. Contact Precautions for duration of diarrhea. 2. Comply with ...

Most people erroneously call it “stomach flu” and think of it as an unpleasant nuisance, but the vomiting and diarrhea caused by inflammation of the stomach and intestines — gastroenteritis – can be ...

Four types of common healthcare-associated infections are in decline, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2010 report. However, the agency said that clostridium difficile ...

A former public health researcher for the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) was recently found to have “engaged in research misconduct” after apparently faking data on the incidence of Colostridium ...

The Health Blog has been writing about the nasty bug Clostridium difficile for a while now. As other infections associated with health-care contact have gone down, C. diff infections have been on the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention devised a mathematical model showing the rise in Clostridium difficile and drug-resistant infections, according to Vaccine News. 1. The model ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped a bombshell Wednesday, releasing a study that said 29,000 deaths were associated with the gut-dwelling super bug Clostridium difficile. The new ...