By coordinating with state health departments and communicating with each other about patients with C. difficile and antibiotic-resistant infections, hospitals, long-term acute-care facilities and nursing homes could reduce ...
Aug 4, 2015
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Bedsores—also known as pressure injuries—are the fastest rising hospital-acquired condition, according to the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research in Quality, and as a result have become the second most common reason for ...
Apr 10, 2024
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A Rutgers researcher leading a trial found that the novel combination antibiotic sulbactam-durlobactam combats dangerous pneumonia at least as well as the best currently approved treatment.
May 16, 2023
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(HealthDay)—Seniors are among those most at risk for dying from COVID-19, and so they've been urged to socially distance during the pandemic.
Sep 9, 2020
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Fighters have occupied a national public laboratory in Sudan holding samples of diseases including polio and measles, creating an "extremely, extremely dangerous" situation, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday.
Apr 25, 2023
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(HealthDay)—Current infection prevention and antibiotic stewardship program practices continue to include a main focus on surveillance for multidrug-resistant organisms, according to a report published online July 17 in ...
Jul 19, 2019
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The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing challenges to a Biden administration vaccine mandate that requires eligible employees in Medicare or Medicaid-funded facilities to get vaccinated or receive an exemption.
Jan 13, 2022
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Heart attack deaths have remained the same, even as hospital teams have gotten faster at treating heart attack patients with emergency angioplasty, according to a study in this week's New England Journal of Medicine.
Sep 4, 2013
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Since 2019, the Durham VA has served as the coordinating center for The Pharmacogenomics Testing for Veterans program (PHASER), an exciting new program that is bringing PGx testing to Veterans across the country.
Mar 31, 2022
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People in nursing homes have been suffering in isolation during the coronavirus pandemic, with their institutions in constant lockdown to prevent potentially fatal outbreaks.
Jan 19, 2021
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