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The FDA releases notice on how to keep hospital mattresses and mattress covers safe to prevent the spread of deadly bugs throughout health care facilities.

Consumer interest in water that hasn’t been “treated, filtered, or processed in any way” is on the rise, and there are concerns that its consumption could result in the next public health crisis.

Most of the United States is now seeing widespread flu activity, as health officials urge flu sufferers to receive antiviral treatment as soon as possible.

A recent study suggests that the new antibiotic combination ceftazidime-avibactam may be a useful alternative for treating hospital-acquired pneumonia.

Contagion® interviews Tetraphase’s CEO Guy Macdonald about eravacycline, an investigational drug candidate for the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infections.

Investigators from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Lyndra, have developed a drug capsule that could drastically pare down ART to an easier-to-adhere-to weekly regimen.

A viral therapy developed to target cancer cells, also appears capable of destroying HIV-infected cells.

Investigators from the University of California San Diego Medical School report on the first case of Gardnerella bacteremia in an HIV-positive male following the placement of a urinary catheter.

Patients in intensive care units are at greater risk of acquiring antimicrobial-resistant infections, and now, a group of international infectious disease experts ar calling for better protection for these high-risk patients.

The development of mold-active azoles has led to enormous advancements in both prevention and treatment of invasive fungal infections.

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We've compiled a list of the latest US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recalls posted this week you should know about.

How many of those who recovered from WWI-associated infections had residual neurological impairments that increased their risk for violence?

Investigators from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York have found that when used in conjunction with anti-tuberculosis drugs, vitamin C helped eradicate Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Preparing for biothreats, regardless of origin, requires that we strengthen the most basic surveillance and response systems within public health and health care.

With the discovery that stem cells enable a sustained immune response to HIV, scientists are hoping to eventually reduce patients’ long-term reliance on ART.

The estimated global burden of the disease ranges from 11 to 20 million cases and contributes to about 128,000 to 161,000 deaths each year.

At the 5th annual international C. diff Awareness Conference and Health Expo, Dr. Edmond Hooker discussed an underreported problem in health care facilities everywhere.

A new study suggests that exposure to drugs and violence in adolescence may increase the risk of HIV infection in adulthood.

Plazomicin is a next-generation aminoglycoside with in vitro activity against multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae.

Investigators from the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, have discovered that a common food additive, trehalose (an artificial sugar frequently derived from mushrooms or seaweed), can be linked with the increase and severity of outbreaks involving 2 strains of Clostridium difficile.

With 13 more states reporting widespread flu activity in week 51, flu season continued to ramp up in the final weeks of 2017.

Could 2018 finally be the year polio is eliminated as a global health concern?

Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome has been on the rise in recent years in Japan, but health officials still don’t know what’s responsible for the increase in these often-deadly infections.

Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals submits its New Drug Application to the FDA for its investigational drug candidate, eravacycline, for the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infections.

Achaogen reports “positive top-line results” from phase 1 trial of orally-administered antibacterial candidate C-scape.

The CDC has issued a travel watch due to measles outbreaks in England and Greece.

Intra-abdominal infections (IAIs) are defined as disease processes occurring in normally-sterile parts of the abdominal cavity, and are generally treated mechanically, such as by surgery.