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.

U.S. health officials advise Americans traveling to Uganda to take enhanced precautions due to an Ebola outbreak ...

Two weeks into the Trump administration, external communication from federal health agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with the nation and world has gone dark. In the ...

Although general infection prevention measures are encouraged, reports indicate that tuberculosis spreads more slowly when ...

Patients with suspected tuberculosis (TB) require special precautions in healthcare facilities, and cases of TB have been ...

In an increasingly interconnected world, global health faces constant threats from new and re-emerging pathogens. Recent devastating outbreaks of diseases ...

The Sheridan Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees approved the appointment of Angel Oliver as the hospital’s infection ...

Sepsis is an underestimated killer. Nearly a quarter of patients treated for sepsis in hospital will die, but because so many ...

Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) programs are tasked with implementing the appropriate isolation of patients with ...

Surgical site infections can be prevented during pain relief procedures, anesthesiologists and pain physicians say.

Tinea pedis or athlete’s foot is a common fungal infection that affects the foot. Athlete’s foot is commonly associated with sports and athletes because the fungus grows perfectly in warm ...

Research centres using SteraMist disinfection to control the mpox virus further demonstrate its effectiveness. Prioritizing infection prevention measures is critical due to the current mpox outbreak.