A Queensland-developed vaccine for a hitherto incurable disease in northern cattle effectively stopped the infection, ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Guinea-Bissau is suspending a Trump administration-backed hepatitis B vaccine study on newborns in the West African country, pending an ethical review, the health minister said ...

Dozens of people have been sickened, and one has died, from a surge in cases of histoplasmosis, a respiratory illness caused ...

A research team at the University of Arizona College of Medicine–Tucson is developing a drug that works in combination with copper to kill bacteria, including those that cause MRSA, a type of staph ...

Even then, survival is far from guaranteed — only 30-40 percent of horses survive and those that do are often left with ...

One person who contracted it died. The fungus is commonly found in soil in the Ohio River and Mississippi River valleys, and ...

More than two decades ago, measles—a highly contagious and potentially deadly childhood disease—was declared eliminated in ...

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

Dealing with an infection isn't as straightforward as simply killing the pathogen. The body also needs to carefully steer and ...

Maternal infection and sepsis are major causes of maternal death and severe illness worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Inconsistent implementation of evidence-based ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The updated guidance highlights best practices for infection prevention and control staffing and preparedness in ...

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), in collaboration with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), the Infectious Diseases Society of ...