Have you ever wondered why most disinfectants indicate they kill 99.9% or 99.99% of germs, but never promise to wipe out all ...

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 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 ...

On 9 April, 1941, the agreement was signed and troops were dispatched to Greenland to stop an “attack by a non-American power.” President Roosevelt declared in a subsequent announcement that ...

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 ...

Learn how Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) strategies, like hand hygiene, surveillance, and vaccination, can combat Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), a global health threat jeopardising ...