Palivizumab cut the odds of severe RSV infection by nearly 75% among patients who the American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended not routinely rec...
Researchers found “no compelling evidence” that carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae were transmitted to Veterans Affairs patients during more than...
Despite better therapies, deaths from hepatitis C virus infection continue to rise, indicating poor penetrance of medications and care to patients who...
A study in Nature Genetics uncovered two new genetic risk variants for alcohol-related liver cirrhosis and confirmed a third susceptibility locus – al...
“Consideration should be given to no longer routinely recommending [isoniazid] for the treatment of LTBI among health care workers,” the investigators...
“The vast majority of hospitals were very pleased to expand surveillance beyond multidrug-resistant organisms, and most thought this system would impr...
Measuring baseline mental health before surgery may provide additional information that can improve the risk stratification of patients undergoing rad...
The association remained even after researchers accounted for several demographic and clinical variables, Dr. Sarah Yi said in an interview at an annu...
Rhode Island’s universal vaccine policy led to widespread vaccination against rotavirus, steep drops in pediatric hospitalizations for gastroenteritis...
Less than a third of hospitals reprocessed duodenoscopes adequately to prevent potential transmission of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)...
