Prevention

Antibiotic-resistant pathogens continue to make the management of some bacterial infections a significant clinical challenge.

In an effort to aid in the prevention of food-borne infections, the USDA created a mobile app that provides users with “valuable storage advice” to help maximize shelf-life, prolong freshness, and improve the quality of foods and beverages.

Rohit Bhalla, DO, Chief of the Section of Infectious Diseases at the University Medical Center of Princeton, discusses if we will see more vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States in the future.

In a recent study, researchers explore and discuss the development and implementation of a new insecticide resistance management plan in Zambia between 2009 and 2014.

Charitha Gowda, MD, MPH, discusses the current and upcoming methods to prevent hepatitis C.

Rohit Bhalla, DO, Chief of the Section of Infectious Diseases at the University Medical Center of Princeton, shares how healthcare practitioners can help stop the spread of mumps.

Dr. Rohit Bhalla, DO, Chief of the Section of Infectious Diseases at the University Medical Center of Princeton, explains why an individual could still become infected with mumps, even after receiving vaccinations.

Adding to the troubling data worldwide on antibiotic resistance, researchers have found that even trace concentrations of antibiotics, such as those found in sewage, are sufficient for bacteria to maintain resistance to most broad-spectrum agents.

Two new inhibitory compounds—named KKL-10 and KKL-40—could hold the key to preventing the proliferation of the highly virulent bacterium Francisella tularensis, according to a recent study.

The on-again, off-again debut of the controversial film “Vaxxed: From Cover-up to Catastrophe” at the Tribeca Film Festival in March once again made the debate surrounding pediatric vaccination headline news.

On April 18, 2016, the director-general of the World Health Organization, Margaret Chan, OBE, JP, discussed antimicrobial resistance at a United Nations briefing in New York.

As it turns out, there’s a wrong way to wash your hands. A recently published study found WHO's six-step handwashing method to be superior to the CDC's three-step method.

Seasonal influenza results in nearly 50,000 deaths each year in the United States alone, and 5 to 10 times as many deaths in all industrialized countries combined.

The results of a recent study suggest that the location of alcohol-based hand sanitizer stations in hospital entrances could influence visitor hand hygiene compliance.

On March 8, 2016, researchers at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology reported the development of an antibacterial fabric that inhibits the growth of bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

The results of a recent research report offer new insights into the molecular mechanisms governing at least one aspect of genetic innovation in the mammalian immune system.

Dorothy McCoy, PharmD, shares advice on when a patient with norovirus should go to the emergency room.

Dorothy McCoy, PharmD, provides advice for healthcare practitioners on counseling patients with norovirus.

Study shows that nitric oxide may inhibit infection-induced neuroinflammation.

Dorothy McCoy, PharmD, explains what patients in the hospital should do if they have concerns about their medications.

Dorothy McCoy, PharmD, shares information on how to avoid a hospital acquired infection (HAI).

Dorothy McCoy, PharmD, describes what healthcare professionals can do to help avoid Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infections in their patients.

On the heels of the Bumble Bee Foods, LLC chunk light tuna recall, Tri-Union Seafoods, LLC recently issued a voluntary recall on cans of its chunk light tuna packed in water or oil.

Dorothy McCoy, PharmD, explains why Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is so difficult to prevent.

Dorothy McCoy, PharmD, shares what healthcare professionals can do to avoid fungal infections in their patients.