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Medical privacy, or health privacy, is the practice of maintaining the security and confidentiality of patient records. It involves both the conversational discretion of health care providers and the security of medical records .
Cases of tularemia, also known as “rabbit fever," are on the rise in the U.S., according to a new report from the CDC. The report identifies symptoms and the groups most at risk.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; Other short titles: Kassebaum–Kennedy Act, Kennedy–Kassebaum Act: Long title: An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery, to promote the use ...
On November 22, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 11 cases of Listeriosis linked to the recalled ready-to-eat meat. The cases were reported across four states ...
About 63,000 cases of Lyme disease were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2022, according to a report released last month. That’s a nearly 70% jump in the number of ...
Foot-and-mouth-disease United States Two incidents of Foot-and-mouth disease outbreak at Plum Island. 2004 Tuberculosis: United States A researcher and two technicians at the Infectious Disease Research Institute were infected with tuberculosis while developing a vaccine for the disease. The exact cause of the infection is unknown, but the ...
In the United States, HMPV cases have seen an increase since November, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of Dec. 28, 1.94% of weekly tests returned positive ...
Health security focusses on pandemics, epidemics, and the spread of infectious disease. Infectious diseases are the most significant threat to public health. [9] Diseases have the capacity to cause high levels of morbidity and mortality, incite societal fear and disruption, and provoke economic shocks. [6]