Contact precautions (CP): Infection control practices that require healthcare workers to wear protective clothing and equipment when interacting with patients known to be infected or colonized ...

You cannot get Lyme disease if you come into contact with someone’s sneeze, cough, or blood. Learn when it is contagious and ...

If things get serious with these symptoms, your doctor will prescribe antibiotics to tackle the effects of a tick bite.

The Limpopo Department of Health has urged the public to stay vigilant against malaria risks following recent heavy rainfall ...

Lubbock Public Health has confirmed that Avian Flu has been detected in a dead bird within the city. Here's what we know so ...

The Tamil Nadu Health Department has issued an alert to district health officers as cases of scrub typhus continue to rise ...

The mission of the Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control at the Johns Hopkins Hospital is to support the institution's tripartite mission of research, teaching, and patient care; ...

The AHA's Living Learning Network is partnering with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to launch the Sepsis Champions Leadership Series. These monthly events aim to improve sepsis care ...

Typical household cleaners like hand sanitizer or wipes don't kill germs from norovirus. Here's what you can use instead.

Some evidence shows hospital infection preventionists may be able to spend less time monitoring hand hygiene, according to a study published Dec. 19 in the American Journal of Infection Control.

A nurse has died from Ebola in the Ugandan capital Kampala, the health ministry said Thursday. “An outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease has been confirmed in Kampala, Uganda following confirmation ...