Over five years, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and 87 other pediatric hospitals have saved hundreds of patient lives and more than $100 million with basic infection preventions, according to a Johns ...

A report by a senior infection prevention analyst at the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority provides five basic infection control best practices for ASCs. The report, “Strategies to Fully Implement ...

Each year more than 1.7 million patients in the United States acquire infections while in healthcare facilities. Refreshing basic steps for hand hygiene is crucial for the survival of the healthcare ...

In the largest synthesis to date, researchers reviewed 155 studies linking viral infections, including influenza, SARS-CoV-2, ...

Outbreaks of norovirus, which causes acute gastroenteritis, leading people to get sick with nausea, vomiting or diarrhea, are being reported as above the range in the U.S. compared to previous years, ...

The situation with influenza and acute respiratory viral infections in Russia remains stable, but an increase in the ...

New research reveals air purifiers offer limited protection against viral spread in schools. Experts emphasize a combined ...

Covid-19 infections have been strongly linked with cardiovascular events like a heart disease and stroke, but new research shows that other viral infections such as influenza, HIV, hepatitis C and ...

Before the United States began vaccinating all infants at birth with the hepatitis B vaccine in 1991, around 18,000 children every year contracted the virus before their 10th birthday – about half of ...

Antimicrobial resistance is responsible for some 1.2 million deaths a year and contributes to millions more. Data in the new ...

Vaccination against hepatitis B is a common recommendation, but what exactly is it preventing? HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his advisory group plan to meet this week to discuss and vote on ...