The first major update to long-term care infection prevention and control recommendations in 17 years offer providers a new roadmap that acknowledges the increased medical needs of residents, the rise ...

Leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease transmitted by sand flies, has long challenged veterinarians and public health experts ...

A group of healthcare societies has issued updated infection control guidance for nursing homes, marking the guideline’s first update in 17 years. The guidance was published Oct. 28 in Infection ...

Staph (Staphylococcus aureus) is the most common germ to afflict humans, and one of the most damaging: it causes diseases ...

For the first time in 17 years, physicians and researchers have published updated guidance for infection prevention and ...

She was shocked to see her hand become red and swollen: "A silly paper cut did all this!" It’s a reminder all cuts can become ...

For children, the safer path during the pandemic wasn’t a roll of the dice with infection - it was vaccination.

Common infections such as CMV and HSV-2 are linked to domain-specific cognitive decline in community-dwelling older adults.

Steven Kenny was a demolition worker in the late 1970s and had significant exposure to asbestos. More than four decades later ...

The first lab-confirmed case of measles in Salt Lake County during the current national outbreak has been identified, health ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. ( WCSC /Gray News) - The son of a 76-year-old South Carolina woman is one of two people charged with ...