London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) declared an outbreak of superbug MRSA, a bacteria resistant to many antibiotics, at Victoria Hospital on Wednesday. The MRSA outbreak, which stands for methicillin ...

Houston Healthcare Perry reported no hospital-associated infections in 2024, helping to fight the national trend. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, across the United ...

Despite the constant pressures and potential pitfalls of battling infectious diseases, many nursing homes do an exemplary job tackling all that comes with caring for an immunocompromised population.

Despite an established understanding that TMVs taps offer the highest form of protection against infection, particularly in high-risk environments, Hydrosense is warning healthcare providers about the ...

" Signs and symptoms usually begin 12 to 48 hours after your first exposure to a norovirus and last 1 to 3 days," noted the ...

Avian influenza is continuing to plague poultry and dairy farming operations, and with the virus spreading across the country ...

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) pose a persistent and tremendous threat to patient safety, having claimed 72,000 patients during their hospitalization according to the Centers for Disease ...

The department is still offering flu vaccines for children six months and up, and they recommend that you get one if you haven’t already even though it is later in the season.

Norovirus cases reach unprecedented levels, medical experts uncover lesser-known symptoms and share vital prevention ...

Most people wash themselves every day, so is there some sort of rule of thumb or guidance on the proper towel maintenance (if that's even a thing)?  With all the debates on when to get a new ...

Norovirus is a highly contagious virus that causes gastroenteritis, which is inflammation of the stomach and intestines. It ...

University Hospital Galway is still under significant pressure, resulting in a number of procedures having to be postponed, ...