A newly distinguished University of New Mexico professor discusses her clinical research and advocacy around Long COVID.

Biosafety level (BSL)-3 facilities exist in a diffuse regulatory environment, where requirements depend on factors such as the kinds of pathogens under study, the type of research being conducted, and ...

Surveillance data collected over a 10-year period showed a substantial increase in the incidence of invasive GAS disease among US patients across 10 states.

Doral, Fla.-based Jackson West Medical Center opened in August 2021 with a road map for preventing hospital acquired infections that is now being scaled across the system. “From the very beginning, we ...

And even more opportunities for growth are opening up for the discerning pathogen. Not cryptocoins. Nope. Hospitals. For the current administration, in its ongoing effort to make sure infectious ...

The Trump administration has a new goal of 3,000 arrests of illegal immigrants daily, which was publicly confirmed by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller. "Under President Trump’s ...

The CDC ended its healthcare infection control practices advisory committee on May 8, and healthcare associations and groups are decrying the decision. Each year, hospitals incur $28.4 billion to ...

1.1 Aims Our goal is to develop an infection prevention and control education strategy grounded in scientific evidence. To achieve this, the purpose of this study—serving as the first step—is to ...

References: APIC/SHEA. Importance of reinstating CDC’s health care infection control practices advisory committee (HICPAC). Emailed to members of the media. Published May 7, 2025. Accessed May 7 ...

Prior to the 2014–2016 Ebola epidemic, Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation had no infection prevention and control programme. High rates of Ebola virus disease transmission in healthcare ...

The Quality in Assisted Living Collaborative released “Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines for Assisted Living Communities” and said that widespread adoption throughout the sector would ensure ...

“This will allow me to be better at my job as the infection control preventionist by developing infection control risk assessment and developing goals for the facility that are appropriate. We are ...