Viruses and germs lurk everywhere: on surfaces that we touch and in the air. People catch most of them by breathing them in. ...

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

Removing information from the CDC website, as well as other federal health websites, is endangering both patient care and public health, infectious disease experts said Friday.

A new study shows that bird flu has silently spread from animals to some veterinarians. The study published Thursday by the ...

This guide includes an overview of practices for the prevention and management of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) by healthcare professionals practicing in public health or ...

Inspira Technologies OXY B.H.N. announced positive initial results from collaboration with Ennocure MedTech to develop ...

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology released the Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate, ...

WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital is proud to announce that its Nursing Care Facility (NCF) has been awarded the prestigious Platinum level of the MEDALS Program designation by the West Virginia ...

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.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took offline recommendations ... to know what antibiotic will work on which infection, and how to avoid worsening antibiotic resistance," said ...

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 ...

We examined the relationship between infection‐related hospitalization (IRH ... Smoking status (never, former, or current), and access to health care variables were collected, including insurance ...