New data published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) highlight major barriers impacting healthcare workers' ability to perform successful central line-associated bloodstream ...

University of Pittsburgh scientists working with UPMC infection preventionists have developed an infectious diseases detection platform that, over a two-year trial, was found to stop outbreaks, save ...

A research team analyzed wastewater surveillance methods for accurately tracking COVID-19 infection trends. Using wastewater data from Sapporo dating from April 2021-September 2023, they explored ...

A 32-year-long surveillance study led by Sinai Health in Toronto has found that serious infections caused by group A streptococcus (iGAS) are rising in children, with the sharpest increase recorded in ...

HAI surveillance is a critical responsibility for infection preventionists, and our community needs every possible tool to help us ensure the safety of our patients. This study suggests that ...

An infectious diseases surveillance system deployed at a hospital successfully flagged cases of a drug-resistant infection spread by eye drops months before national public health officials announced ...

A recent study published in the Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal explores the emerging invasive group A Streptococcus M1 uk lineage and highlights the importance of its detection. Study: Emerging ...

In the years following World War II, the successful development and use of vaccines and antibiotics led to speculation that infectious diseases were vanquished foes. Defying these predictions, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Candida auris remained a serious public health threat in the United States, and a cat-transmitted fungal ...

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) claims to have the most robust avian influenza surveillance program in the world. The past 30 days have put that surveillance system to the ...