In a nutshell A year-long study of hospital sink drains found 67 different bacterial species living there, many resistant to ...

Nursing home leaders are hoping that the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) new chief, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who ...

Antidepressants like Prozac are commonly prescribed to treat mental health disorders, but new research suggests they could also protect against serious infections and life-threatening sepsis.

The Senate approved Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as HHS secretary, despite some misgivings about his understanding of the Medicare and Medicaid programs he’ll be tasked with overseeing and his controversial ...

The report is the latest evidence that the outbreak in dairy herds is spreading undetected in cows, and the spillover into ...

On Thursday, February 13, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be Secretary of Health and Human Services ...

A stand-alone sequencing approach was accurate, cost effective and efficient for analyzing resistant pathogens and ...

In just a decade, the drug-resistant fungal pathogen Candida auris (C. auris) has emerged as one of the most formidable threats to health care settings worldwide.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... gender-affirming care. Statements released by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the University of Michigan Health and Children's Hospital ...

A tooth infection, or a tooth abscess ... People with sepsis need treatment in an intensive care unit. Such treatment typically involves intravenous antibiotics and fluids. Other treatments ...

While there is no vaccine to prevent or cure this infection, its mild symptoms allow doctors to effectively manage and control the condition ... especially in older adults or those with underlying ...

Waiting for care shouldn’t be the norm—delays like these highlight the gaps in our healthcare ... to prevent complications like spreading infection or perforated intestines.