SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) says it continues to detect a rising number ...

Infection preventionists are increasingly important — and increasingly challenged. Here’s a look at how and why.

A deadly, drug-resistant fungus called Candida auris, or C. auris, has become more common in the U.S. in recent years, and Illinois has already reported 29 cases of the “superbug” so far this year.

An inspection held towards the end of last year found that Brookside Care Home in Llangorse near Brecon needed “” ...

As of Wednesday, all but four residents at the House of Loreto 'have been transferred to alternative health care facilities ...

The health and social care watchdog has criticised the storage and management of medicines at a city care home and said ...

Even well-established infection control policies are often abandoned — or at least deviated from — when put into practice during nursing home flu and COVID outbreaks, according to a new study.

Experts say COVID-era safety provisions are now central to how long-term care homes manage infectious disease.

A drug‑resistant fungus has quietly settled into California's hospitals and long‑term care facilities, and infection‑control ...

While providers aren’t required to follow OIG recommendations, a compliance program based on their guidance can spare facilities future headaches, since ...

The federal government and Region of Durham are providing nearly $54 million to build 57 new units and 104 transitional and ...

State health inspectors claim that widespread care failures at the House of Loreto are putting residents in “real and present danger.” ...