The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finalized its guidelines for post-exposure prophylaxis against bacterial sexually transmitted infections on Tuesday. For groups at higher risk of ...

FILE - A pharmacist holds a bottle of the antibiotic doxycycline hyclate in Sacramento, Calif., July 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) The CDC on Monday published a notice for comment from ...

The CDC issued a warning over a multi-drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” that’s been surging in the United States. Getty Images A new CDC report shows that infections caused by multi-drug-resistant ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is proposing a new policy aimed at dramatically reducing sexually transmitted infections in the United States. In a guidance document published Monday in ...

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Centers for Disease Control says antibiotic-resistance is one of the most pressing threats facing the world right now. It occurs when bacteria don’t respond to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Doctors should weigh prescribing some of their patients a pill of a powerful antibiotic, doxycycline, to prevent the spread of ...

NEW YORK — Some people should consider taking an antibiotic as a morning-after pill to try to prevent certain sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. health officials recommended Tuesday. The Centers for ...

Infections from dangerous bacteria that are resistant to “some of the strongest antibiotics available” have surged in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.

Roughly 60 percent of U.S. antibiotic use in humans is received in outpatient settings, according to the CDC, making that care setting critically important in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

The CDC has developed a risk-adjusted benchmarking measure for antibiotic use in acute care hospitals called the Standardized Antimicrobial Administration Ratio (SAAR). The SAAR compares the actual ...

Share on Pinterest The CDC issued a warning over a multi-drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” that’s been surging in the United States. Getty Images A new CDC report found a sharp increase in ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is sounding the alarm on a growing health threat: a rise in infections caused by bacteria resistant to nearly all available antibiotics. The ...