The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting New Hampshire as one of 11 states currently at a "very high" level of respiratory illness.

For the past few days, reports of a massive flu outbreak in China have been circulating abroad, particularly in India and ...

In-hospital mortality and discharge rates were similar among patients with health care-associated COVID-19 and those with health care-associated influenza.

I spent more than twenty years as a Corporate Director of Infection Prevention for an Integrated Health Care Delivery Network (IDN). During that time, I learned a great deal about managing infection ...

Kansas health officials are monitoring a spike in whooping cough cases around the state this year, marking one of the biggest increases in case numbers in nearly a decade. 27 ...

A genetic analysis of the H5N1 bird flu in a Louisiana patient reveals potential mutations for human transmissibility, says ...

In nearly every comparison with hospital counterparts ... in infection prevention could be recruited and may already be an ...

Studies indicate that healthcare workers often lack adequate training in infection control measures ... highlighting significant gaps in understanding HBV prevention (2, 10). In Zambia, research on ...

Wearing comfortable breathable socks and shoes will reduce friction, allow the skin to stay dry and minimise the conditions for fungal infections. Control blood sugar levels: Managing blood sugar ...

Health leaders have warned about a 'tidal wave of infections' putting enormous pressure on hospitals and urged people to take immediate action to protect themselves this winter. The National ...

In lung cancer, prevention through tobacco control efforts accounted for 98% of the 3.45 million deaths averted (out of 9.2 million), and treatment advances accounted for the rest. In cervical ...