Hospitals across Oregon are falling below national standards in preventing infections, according to the Oregon Health ...

Drug-resistant bacteria are one of the most urgent health challenges of our time, affecting people, animals, and the ...

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 ...

Oregon hospitals recorded nearly 1,000 infections that patients picked up while receiving care in 2024, resulting in infection levels that missed most national safety standards, according to a new ...

Bacterial and fungal infections appeared to defy stricter prevention measures ...

Oregon hospitals have been making progress in reducing health care-associated infections (HAIs), but they still fall short in ...

In 2024, the rate of six healthcare-associated infections commonly reported in acute care hospitals declined from the year ...

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 ...

According to new data from the Oregon Health Authority, Oregon hospitals made gains in lowering the number of health ...

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

Three doctors who raised concerns about water supply at the Glasgow hospital were treated in a 'wholly unacceptable way' by ...

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 ...