New technologies tend to dominate headlines in modern medicine, but infection-control experts warn that basic, overlooked safeguards are increasingly becoming weak links in patient safety — ...

There is no cure for measles. Doctors can provide supportive care and try to manage the symptoms — reduce fever, prevent dehydration, treat secondary bacterial infections — until the disease has run ...

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 ...

The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...

Health authorities are advising travelers to maintain good hygiene and avoid animal contact amid a Nipah virus outbreak in India's West Bengal state, which has prompted tighter disease surveillance ...

There is a direct correlation between how well an infection prevention program is staffed and a facility’s rate of infection. Your reaction might be “duh,” but the scientific proof was elusive — until ...

The World Health Organization reported two cases of a rare virus in an eastern Indian state on Thursday.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As I head into my 25th year of working as a clinical infectious diseases pharmacist, one of the most important ...

Nipah virus may begin like a mild illness but can quickly turn fatal. Dr Dip Narayan Mukherjee, Consultant – Microbiology and ...

With Asian countries on high alert, here are the health guidelines and prevention steps to avoid Nipah virus infection while traveling abroad.