Researchers at Kyushu University have found that when azuki bean beetles infected with Wolbachia bacteria are exposed to a ...

The Association for Dental Safety has launched a new organization to provide clinical guidelines and best practices after the CDC’s oral health division was eliminated in a round of federal layoffs.

According to the CDC, there has been a decline in animal infections and no reports of human cases since February.

As I head into my 25th year of working as a clinical infectious diseases pharmacist, one of the most important working relationships of my career is with the infection prevention department.

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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 ...

This study may show health care professionals an overview of the quality of the infection control programs, targeting structural components, processes, and outcomes that impact on the prevention and ...

Furthermore, 99.7% of dental offices adopted enhanced infection control protocols. These rates support that the use of CDC 13 and ADA 16 guidance on infection control procedures in dental offices will ...

A Teesside care home has been told to improve after health chiefs found breaches of infection control and risks over medicine. The Care Quality Commission visited Delamere Lodge Care Home, in ...

Experienced Florida Department of Health (FDOH)-Polk epidemiologists led this training with considerable support from the state HAI program, including multiple shadowing opportunities for conducting ...

While sexual activity does not cause a yeast infection, it can increase the risk of it developing by introducing new bacteria to the vagina. Learn more in this article.

Introduction Healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) are a worldwide problem. Infection control in hospitals is usually implemented by an infection control team (ICT). Initially, ICTs consisted of ...