A major update was released last year on recommendations for testing for syphilis by the now-shuttered STD testing lab, amid a record surge in cases. Overdue updates to the agency's guidance on testing for chlamydia and gonorrhea were also in progress, one official said, before the staff ...
Adopting the new recommendations will lead to HIV diagnosis as much as 3 to 4 weeks sooner than the previous testing approach, the CDC says. "Identifying acute infections has long been one of our nation's biggest HIV prevention challenges, since these infections eluded traditional testing technolog...
Shah said that CDC recommendations will now prioritize what PPE a farm worker should wear based on which farm tasks present the highest risk for bird flu. "Simply put, the higher-risk activities will call for more PPE use," Shah said. "The purpose of these actions ...
This report provides new CDC recommendations for tests that can support a diagnosis of syphilis, including serologic testing and methods for the identification of the causative agent Treponema pallidum. These comprehensive recommendations are the first published by CDC on laboratory testing for syphilis, ...
Much of thedatathe CDC had tracked on COVID-19 alongside other trends, like influenza and RSV, will also continue to be published. But specific benchmarks, which had guided county-by-county recommendations on when people should wear masks to avoid getting sick, are now being discarded. ...
“Recommendations are based on CDC’s current knowledge of COVID-19,” the CDC guidance states. “Each [community] should decide the most appropriate indicators to reference when deciding to open, close, or reopen schools.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is...
In Reply: Dr Holtgrave makes some good suggestions for a comprehensive list of metrics to obtain in the context of HIV testing, prevention, and care initiatives. Some of this work is under way. The CDC surveillance system produces estimates of the number of persons living with HIV in the Un...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued revised recommendations for HIV testing that contain significant changes for adolescents and adults, namely that all patients ages 13 through 64 years should be offered routine, opt-out HIV screening without separate written consent or prevention...
Presenting findings and recommendations at national forums and in peer-reviewed journals Contributing to formative research efforts and communications to eliminate tuberculosis in the United States Participating in message testing efforts around tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection testing and treatment ...
Therefore, updated CDC recommendations for treatment of gonorrhea now include the following: For uncomplicated gonorrhoea of the urogenital tract, rectum, or pharynx, the most reliably effective therapy is a combination regimen of 250 mg intramuscular ceftriaxone and either an oral single dose of azithr...