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

A deadly, drug-resistant fungus called Candida auris, or C. auris, has become more common in the U.S. in recent years, and ...

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 ...

ICE has halted "all movement" within the Dilley Immigration Processing Center after two detainees were diagnosed with measles ...

During the pandemic, rates of Staphylococcus aureus did not decrease (aRR 1.17, 95% CI 0.89-1.55), and rates of bloodstream infections and/or meningitis from non-coagulase-negative staphylococci ...

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

One person who contracted it died. The fungus is commonly found in soil in the Ohio River and Mississippi River valleys, and ...

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.

Recently developed guidance recommends having at least 1 infection preventionist who manages the infection prevention and control (IPC) program, including ongoing, specialized training in IPC that is ...