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.

With usually high cases of the "stomach bug" this year, these are the norovirus symptoms you need to be aware of, including ...

As a precaution, the CDC is urging U.S. healthcare organizations to reinforce Ebola preparedness protocols amid a newly confirmed outbreak in Uganda. The outbreak, caused by the Sudan virus, was ...

Victoria Pye, Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust. Background to learning Many nurses have been redeployed as part of the COVID-19 response – sometimes to several different wards across the trust in ...

Therefore, patients with coexistent P. aeruginosa infection can often receive adequate MSSA coverage with antipseudomonal agents (with the exception of ceftazidime and aztreonam). The intravenous ...

Intervention models checked against electronic medical record data show ways to help improve infection control practices and ...

Some evidence shows hospital infection preventionists may be able to spend less time monitoring hand hygiene, according to a study published Dec. 19 in the American Journal of Infection Control.

Understanding how to tell the difference between a yeast infection and a UTI can aid treatment.A yeast infection is a fungal ...

Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia, remains a significant public health challenge in Ghana, affecting millions of people, particularly school-aged children.Dr. Enoch Mensah Boateng, a renowned ...

Decreasing comorbidities and increasing vaccination rates among Black, indigenous and other people of color could help balance out symptomatic infection rates, according to a modeling study ...