HICPAC Meeting Press Coverage

CDC Advisory Group Under Fire for Proposed Infection Control Guidelines | MedPage Today

NNU delivers petition urging CDC to strengthen proposed infection control guidance; CDC cuts off public comments at advisory committee meeting | National Nurses United

Patients asked a CDC advisory panel to be more transparent. Then their comments disappeared | Source New Mexico

Patients asked a CDC advisory panel to be more transparent. Then their comments disappeared | National News

HICPAC Meeting – Aug. 22, 2023 | Longview News-Journal

Urge the CDC and HICPAC to fully recognize aerosol transmission and protect health care workers and patients | National Nurses United

Update to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Guidance Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings | American Nurses Association

CDC’s HICPAC to Gut Hospital Masking Protection for Patients Based on Shoddy “Evidence Review” (and in Further Violation of FACA) | Naked Capitalism

CDC’s HICPAC Prepares to Violate the Letter and Spirit of the Federal Advisory Committee Act at Its August 22 Anti-Mask Teleconference | Naked Capitalism

CDC’s HICPAC Prepares to Whack More Patients as Infection Control Experts Gather for August 22 Teleconference on Masks | Naked Capitalism

If MRSA Is Airborne, then CDC Guidance on “Enhanced Barrier Precautions” in Nursing Homes Is Wrong (and Lethal) | Naked Capitalism

CDC’s HICPAC to Gut Hospital Masking Protection for Patients Based on Shoddy “Evidence Review” (and in Further Violation of FACA) | Naked Capitalism

CDC’s HICPAC Prepares to Violate the Letter and Spirit of the Federal Advisory Committee Act at Its August 22 Anti-Mask Teleconference | Naked Capitalism

One Step Forward, 2 Back: CDC’s Proposals for Infection Control in Health Care Facilities | Infection Control Today

Why the CDC’s New Mask Guideline Proposal May Actually Imperil Frontline Workers | Daily Beast

Where Have All the Masks Gone? | Forbes

Will Back-to-School COVID Crush Families? | The Tyee

Mass opposition developing to CDC’s proposed anti-scientific infection control guideline | World Socialist Web Site

Expected CDC guidance on N95 masks outrages health care workers | NBC News

In Hospitals, Viruses Are Everywhere. Masks Are Not | New York Times

Experts say CDC not getting right advice on hospital infection prevention | University of Minnesota

Mask mandates are returning to some hospitals. Should they be there to stay? | Salon

Public Pushes Back On CDC’s Plan To Weaken Infection Control | Forbes

PM Water Cooler – HICPAC Meeting | Naked Capitalism

A Storm Is Gathering Around A CDC Committee For Its Controversial Infection Control Guidance | Forbes

Under cloud of scrutiny, CDC advisers meet to revise infection protections for health care workers | CNN

New Guidelines for Hospital Infection Control Practices Bring Concerns for Health Care Workers | Express Healthcare Management

Project N95 Urges CDC’s HICPAC to Put Lives Over Profit – Delivers Petition from Patients Who Want To Be Protected | EIN Newswire

CDC panel backs looser guidance on hospital masking | Becker’s

CDC’s HICPAC Update: Impact on COVID-19, Pathogen Control, and Immunocompromised Safety in Health care Settings | Infection Control Today

CDC Advisors Recommend Masks in Hospitals Without Naming Type

CDC’s HICPAC Passes Draft Gutting Patient Protections Against Airborne Resppiratory Viruses, Faces Challenge at HHS Office of the Inspector General (and You Can Help) | Naked Capitalism

COVID is Airborne. If we could see COVID | Naked Capitalism

CDC rift with Cal/OSHA over when to use N95 masks could put California health workers at risk again | San Francisco Chronicle