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The '''Centers for Disease Control and Prevention''' (or the '''CDC''') is a federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services whose role is to undo the damage caused by the Centers for Disease Chaos and Promotion. | The '''Centers for Disease Control and Prevention''' (or the '''CDC''') is a federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services whose role is to undo the damage caused by the Centers for Disease Chaos and Promotion. | ||
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| + | #On November 18, 2013, the CDC was humbled when they traced a deadly carbapenem-resistant ''Enterobacteriaceae'' outbreak to a break room within the CDC infection control department.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2013/11/cdc/ CDC Break Room Found to Be Culprit in New Bacterial Outbreak]</ref> | ||
| + | # On May 1, 2013, the CDC granted state governments the right to quarantined unvaccinated families in what was called Proposition 23.4.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/05/quarantine/ CDC Plans to Move and Quarantine Unvaccinated Families]</ref> | ||
| + | # On August 24, 2014, the CDC warned Americans about an emerging domestic threat called panniculolithiasis, a calcification on imaging ultimately found to be buried under a patient's [[Pannus|pannus]].<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/08/disease-2/ CDC Warns of Emerging Disease Deemed “Panniculolithiasis”]</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Infectious Diseases]] | [[Category:Infectious Diseases]] | ||
Revision as of 12:31, 18 September 2016
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (or the CDC) is a federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services whose role is to undo the damage caused by the Centers for Disease Chaos and Promotion.
Recent CDC Recommendations
- On November 18, 2013, the CDC was humbled when they traced a deadly carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae outbreak to a break room within the CDC infection control department.[1]
- On May 1, 2013, the CDC granted state governments the right to quarantined unvaccinated families in what was called Proposition 23.4.[2]
- On August 24, 2014, the CDC warned Americans about an emerging domestic threat called panniculolithiasis, a calcification on imaging ultimately found to be buried under a patient's pannus.[3]
References
- ↑ CDC Break Room Found to Be Culprit in New Bacterial Outbreak
- ↑ CDC Plans to Move and Quarantine Unvaccinated Families
- ↑ CDC Warns of Emerging Disease Deemed “Panniculolithiasis”
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