Certain foods are more susceptible to listeria contamination than others (think: raw milk, bean sprouts and melon). The ...

Listeria has been making headlines in Hawaiʻi this week with at least one person dead after coming into contact with it. But ...

The rise of infections caused by Mgen, C. auris, treatment-resistant E. coli, and more could become future public-health ...

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), in collaboration with the Association for Professionals in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The CDC says the late-spring publication came about to ensure it is part of back-to-school preparations. The ...

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 ...

Your immune system is your body’s natural defense against harmful bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses that can make you sick. And if you do become ill, a healthy immune system works to help you ...

The first major update to long-term care infection prevention and control recommendations in 17 years offer providers a new ...

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, ...

• Antibiotics seem to reduce surgical site infections in people undergoing surgery to fix the lower limb arteries (peripheral arterial reconstruction of the lower limb).

Going to the gym is an excellent way to maintain your health and fitness, but it also poses certain risks, particularly the risk of fungal infections. Fungi thrive in warm, moist environments, making ...