Background Effective infection prevention and control (IPC) is fundamental to patient safety in low-resource settings, yet ...

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) announced the official launch of the Healthcare Infection ...

At APIC 2026, Shyld AI will demonstrate how autonomous agents can help close those gaps. Throughout the exhibit hall, the ...

As health agencies respond to the current Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, a UK manufacturer supplying water purification ...

The CDC has issued updated 2026 infection prevention guidance, emphasizing a universal baseline of core practices for all healthcare environments, stronger surveillance systems, and targeted measures ...

Six passengers from the hantavirus cruise ship have started their quarantine at Australia’s purpose-built facility in Western Australia. Over the next three weeks, the Australians and one New ...

Since WHO declared the ongoing outbreak of Ebola virus disease caused by Bundibugyo virus (species Orthoebolavirus bundibugyoense; BDBV) in DR Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of ...

The management of many medical and surgical conditions often involves long-term infusion of intravenous fluids, broad-spectrum antibiotics, chemotherapeutic agents for cancer, critical care therapies, ...

We conducted a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial of postdischarge hygiene education, as compared with education plus decolonization, in patients colonized with MRSA (carriers). Decolonization ...

Now supporting both Illumina short-read and Oxford Nanopore long-read sequencing platforms, the NGD200 is the industry's first to enable WGS-based hospital transmission detection. CAMBRIDGE, MA / ACCE ...

After suspected West Nile fever deaths in Kerala's Ernakulam district, health authorities have issued alerts and intensified ...