Patients with ABI require prolonged mechanical ventilation and have a substantially higher risk for VAP due to impaired airway protection and injury-related immune dysfunction. However, routine use of ...

Infection prevention in senior living facilities has come a long way since the onset of COVID-19, but significant risks remain. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis finds that the definition of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) used by the ...

Healthcare-associated infections decreased significantly in 1 year, according to the recent annual progress report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which provides ...

Long COVID has lingered as one of the most unsettling legacies of the pandemic, a condition that can derail lives long after ...

In a recent study published in eClinicalMedicine, researchers compared symptom profiles between individuals with prior coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and those with other acute respiratory ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In last month’s editorial — “Infection-associated chronic conditions: Why aren’t we talking about these ...

New genetic evidence suggests that people with an inherited tendency towards blood clots may be at higher risk of developing ...

Use of direct-to-consumer telemedicine—on-demand virtual care for minor medical issues—is growing rapidly. Although it may yield immediate savings by diverting health care from higher-cost settings, ...

Effective vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 are now available, but the ongoing emergence of variants that evade natural and vaccine immunity are a concern. SARS-CoV-2 naturally acquires mutations as it ...