The CDC reports that number has been dropping since the COVID-19 pandemic. The post US hospitals report broad infection ...

The hospital's failure to isolate patients in a timely manner "placed everyone in the hospital at immediate risk for serious ...

As a whole, Oregon hospitals failed in 2024 to meet national standards for preventing infections related to certain surgeries and other health care procedures, the Oregon Health Authority reported.

Documents detailing incidents at Mission Hospital that prompted its latest immediate jeopardy status include the deaths of ...

Bulgaria has launched a new four-year AMR national plan to achieve an 18% reduction in total antibiotic use - prescription enforcement and hospital oversight are central dynamics ...

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

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

Parasites and infections that cause blindness and other disabilities were nearly eliminated in some countries, but drug ...

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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has historically been the pinnacle of U.S. public health. The agency has been a leading voice for evidence-backed health guidance and a sentinel for ...

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, ...

This month, The Joint Commission (TJC) will roll out its restructured National Performance Goals (NPGs) alongside Accreditation 360, a fundamentally different accreditation model focused on continuous ...