The communicable disease investigator is responsible for looking into cases related to communicable diseases by interviewing patients, locating contacts and ensuring proper treatment and follow-up.

Particular strengths are in pathogenesis of bacterial infections and treatment and prevention of viral diseases, although nearly every area of infectious disease medicine is included. This research ...

The communicable disease investigator is responsible for looking into cases related to communicable diseases by interviewing patients, locating contacts and ensuring proper treatment and follow-up.

Public health must be at the forefront of addressing health concerns stemming from climate change, says the county's top health officer.

Laura Sanchez, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UC Santa Cruz, has been chosen to receive the 2022 ACS Infectious Diseases Young Investigator Award.This annual award is presented ...

“While a communicable disease investigation can be alarming for people who are involved, we want everyone to know that communicable disease investigation is a regular activity for Catawba County ...

The federal government wants to move on from the COVID-19 pandemic, and one way it is doing this is by cutting about $11.4 billion in COVID-19-related funds for state and local public health ...

Gene Hackman's wife died from rare infectious disease around a week before actor's death, medical investigator says. Actor Gene Hackman had advanced Alzheimer's and "it's quite possible he was not ...

After nearly a decade of declining investment in Public Health at a state and federal level, in 2022, the state Legislature and the governor approved new ongoing funding for local health department… ...

Cockroaches contributed to an outbreak of multidrug-resistant Enterobacter cloacae in an ICU over the course of 20 months, according to a study that linked outbreak strains to strains found in the ...

Laura Sanchez, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UC Santa Cruz, has been chosen to receive the 2022 ACS Infectious Diseases Young Investigator Award.This annual award is presented ...