Archive for the ‘CDC’ Category

DOS’ Q&A on Removal of HIV from CDCs List of Communicable Diseases

Monday, December 21st, 2009

The U.S. Department of State had published Q&As on Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) rule change that removes HIV from the list of communicable diseases of public health significance and allows HIV infected foreign visitors to enter the U.S.. Readers may recall that on July 02, 2009 we published news ...

USCIS’ 2009 Update on Tuberculosis for AOS

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have released a Q&A on 2009 Update to the Tuberculosis (TB) Screening Required for Adjustment of Status. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had recently updated the TB Component of the Technical Instructions for ...

Napolitano’s Mantra on H1N1 Flu Outbreak- Lean Forward

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

On her final day of daily briefing on the H1N1 flu situation, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Napolitano said, “despite this loss (the second death in the U.S. from H1N1 flu) and despite the fact that others may still come, the science tells us that this is most ...