A rare, antibiotic-resistant and often deadly bacteria was identified in two patients at a Rhode Island Hospital in 2011, but its spread was stopped by timely treatment and infection control measures, ...

A UK scientist devised a way to show how hospital germs can spread. In this video researchers used cutting edge technology to show how ventilation can quickly affect body temperature in the room and ...

“We all have this image of our bedrooms as being a sanctuary, but actually, there’s a surprising amount of bacteria, fungus and allergens there,” Carol McLay, an infection preventionist and president ...

Updated recommendations to reduce infections in nursing homes call for dedicated infection prevention roles, better staff ...

Diseases rely on living organisms to survive and move between hosts via various contamination methods, such as airborne, contact, and liquid. Stopping infections might seem impossible, but it is quite ...

Canadian researchers have designed an air-cleaning system that intercepts germ-sized particles right where people breathe them out. In computer simulations of two people meeting face-to-face, the ...

Just like students in a university classroom, bacteria are adept at learning and responding to new information. Exactly how bacteria respond to environmental forces can be difficult to study when ...

Hospital officials have not disclosed when the death happened, or when the patient was treated at St. Joseph’s.

Disinfectants take more time to work, but they can kill most germs on a surface whereas sanitizers reduce the amount of germs but don't kill them all.