The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have issued safety communications pertaining to Mycobacterium chimaera (M. chimaera) ...

Oct 13 (Reuters) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday open-heart surgery patients were at risk of acquiring life-threatening bacterial infections due to contamination of ...

The CDC says upwards of 250,000 heart bypass procedures in the U.S. each year use the heater-cooler devices. Some patients in the CDC's investigation of these devices have died due to infections ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned health care providers and patients on the potential risk of infection from contaminated heater-cooler devices that are used during open-heart ...

ATLANTA, GA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a warning for healthcare providers and patients to be aware of a potential risk of infection from certain devices used ...