Effective infection control within health-care settings is fundamental to preventing the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among patients, health-care workers and the wider community. The ...

Experts who advise the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its hospital infection control guidelines have voted to recommend that health care providers wear masks during routine care for ...

Serratia marcescens is an opportunistic Gram‐negative bacterium that has emerged as a leading cause of healthcare‐associated infections. Its intrinsic resistance to multiple antibiotics and capacity ...

In a recent multicenter prospective study conducted at three hospitals in Tennessee and Georgia, including Vanderbilt University Medical Center, researchers at VUMC found a substantial burden of ...

A new study published in the American Journal of Infection Control demonstrates the use of a simple pre-surgical infection prevention protocol to prevent dangerous post-surgical infections.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers systematically reviewed 73 studies from around the globe. An infectious disease expert said there ...

The Trump administration has terminated a federal advisory committee that issued guidance about preventing the spread of infections in health care facilities. The Healthcare Infection Control ...

Sexually transmitted infections are becoming more common in older adults. Rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis in people ages 55 and up more than doubled in the U.S. over the 10-year period from ...

Measles ranks as the most concerning U.S. outbreak, ahead of COVID, Cyclospora, Salmonella and Candida auris.

Starting this month, Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health is offering five targeted micro-credentials for professionals working in long-term care, infection control, and public health.

Doxycycline remains a practical oral option for selected skin and skin structure infections (SSTIs), particularly when MRSA ...