The CDC has terminated an advisory committee responsible for providing federal guidance on the prevention and control of ...

The Trump administration shuttered the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), ending three ...

The guidelines, which had not been updated since 2007 ... there is no longer any public access to the process for drafting CDC guidance on infection control for health care settings. This further ...

The termination of the committee will also reduce transparency within the Department of Health and Human Services.

The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) was terminated March 31, though members weren't told ...

The US Food and Drug Administration is changing the way it approves Covid-19 vaccines for Americans, a move that may limit ...

These guidelines act as an update to the 2016 guidelines for the use of nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) after ...

Carol McLay, DrPH, MPH, RN, president of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control ... CDC "for decades" and its loss would be felt deeply in healthcare. "HICPAC ... has written ...

THURSDAY, May 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A federal committee that helped set national rules for infection control in hospitals has been shut down, raising concerns from health experts.