The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its annual progress report on health care-associated infections Jan. 29, which found continued decreases in hospitalizations from multiple ...

The CDC estimates that roughly 1 in 31 US hospital patients contract at least one infection linked to their health care every day. The CDC said the results of the 2024 report show the continued need ...

A two-year program at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora reduced the rate of hospital-acquired conditions by 46.5%, according to research published Feb. 1 in Critical Care Nurse.  Children’s ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in clinically relevant bacterial pathogens represents a major and growing challenge to ...

The Union government is tracking the rising trend of antibiotic resistance across the country, identifying indiscriminate and non-prescription use of antibiotics as a major contributing factor, the ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Sunday it has locked down the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South ...

Dozens of routinely updated CDC databases have gone quiet. Here’s what states and medical societies are doing to preserve U.S ...

Rounds focused on critically ill pediatric patients at the greatest risk for developing healthcare-associated conditions (HACs) reduced the rate of specific HACs by nearly 50% at a Colorado hospital, ...

Tuberculosis outbreak hits a San Franscisco high school, with 3 active TB cases and over 50 latent infections. Health officials require testing for all students and staff.

To help answer common vaccine questions, we consulted Dr. Stanley Perlman, a professor at the University of Iowa’s Carver ...

Public access is not fully restricted; however, additional precautions are in place to protect patients, visitors, and staff, ...

Each year, poison control centers collectively save an estimated $3.1 billion for healthcare systems, a RAND study found. The 2026 report looked at the impact of that nation’s 53 poison centers. It ...