The best ways to keep germs at bay include getting vaccinated and washing your hands and the surfaces you touch. Learn what ...
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 ...
With winter on the horizon, local health experts warn about a rise in respiratory illnesses. Dr. Tjaden emphasizes hygiene ...
The Florida Department of Health in Hernando County discovered a locally-acquired West Nile virus infection in sentinel ...
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, ...
MOSQUITO ADVISORY 烈 “West Nile virus can result in mild illness with flu-like symptoms or severe illness," according to the ...
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 ...
As “nightmare bacteria” evolve and become more drug-resistant, going into a hospital will be an increasingly dangerous ...