Whether you are placing a central line, managing a Clostridioides difficile case, or keeping a surgical field sterile, you're ...

STEUBENVILLE — Recent public health funding cuts by the Centers for Disease Control will impact the Jefferson County General Health District’s respiratory virus testing, Health Commissioner Andrew ...

C. difficile (C. diff) is one of the most common and contagious hospital-acquired infections. Research has found that C. diff spreads more than three times more than previously thought. C. diff can ...

“We have certainly seen it,” said Wu, chief epidemiologist and system director for infectious diseases at Hartford HealthCare ... this is “good hand hygiene.” The CDC noted that candida ...

The local government unit (LGU) of Davao City on Friday confirmed two cases of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) and one of ...

The best way to prevent hepatitis A virus infection is with the HAV vaccine. Practicing good hand hygiene can also prevent the spread of the virus. The current recommendations are to vaccinate all ...

Janiece Hardieway-Muhammed has been caring for her non-verbal autistic cousin, Carla Hardieway, for many years. Her adult cousin’s condition makes everyday care like dental hygiene a challenge. During ...

C. diff, a dangerous and highly contagious infection, spreads in hospitals much more than previously believed, especially ...

In a nutshell By sampling hospital surfaces and healthcare workers’ hands, not just patients, researchers found 3.6 times ...

A newborn who died last week was the second death from serious enterovirus infection this year, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC ... their health before and after giving birth, while caregivers ...

In addition to hand hygiene, health care workers should be ... caused by frequent handwashing. However, the CDC asserts that oil-containing skin care products may have deleterious effects on ...