Compared to the general population, healthcare workers have a higher risk of hepatitis C infection, according to Reuters coverage of a study in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Researchers ...

New guidance on infection prevention and control for nursing homes offers recommendations for a variety of updated protocols and standards.

Stone is a retired infectious disease physician, medical journalist, and author. Feinberg is professor of medicine/infectious disease and professor of behavioral medicine and psychiatry at the West ...

Nursing homes are facing persistent hurdles when working to implement adequate infection control practices, a new study has found. But at the same time, there are areas of opportunity operators can ...

This year, WWL, alongside other NHS Trusts and healthcare services across the country, is experiencing a significant increase ...

"It's one fungus that's very tricky to treat but it's also very tricky to manage in health care systems because it's not only ...

While a vast majority of executives and providers are concerned about drug diversion in U.S. hospitals, only 20 percent believe it is an issue where they work, according to a new survey commissioned ...

Get it early, develop immunity, get back to work: some wonder As COVID-19 numbers climb precipitously, health care workers, first responders and the countless individuals working in "essential ...

The West Bengal government has issued vital guidelines for the treatment of Nipah virus infection, focusing on early ...