The federal government estimates that each year about 100,000 people die in the U.S. after acquiring one or more infections during their stays at a hospital. In fact, one new study, the first to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hospital-acquired infections, which became substantially more common during the pandemic, have returned to pre-pandemic levels, ...

Hospital-acquired infections associated with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) increased during the COVID-19 pandemic by 32% and remain 13% higher post pandemic compared with prepandemic levels, showed a ...

In a recent study published in PLOS Medicine, researchers explored the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant hospital-associated infections worldwide. Study: Global incidence in hospital-associated ...

Infectious disease professionals are calling for greater federal funding in the face of new Centers for Disease Contral and Prevention (CDC) data outlining an uptick in antimicrobial-resistant ...

Older adults hospitalized with infections had a significantly higher risk of developing dementia, according to an October study published in Aging-US. “Our study is also the first to provide hazard ...

The Leapfrog Group’s spring 2023 hospital health grades show that healthcare-associated infections are rising following the pandemic, a cause for concern for all providers. With new legislation likely ...

With an estimated 1.14 million deaths worldwide annually caused by bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics, a University of Leicester-led study shows that in hospital settings antimicrobial ...

Hospital-acquired infections, which became substantially more common during the pandemic, have returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new report from a patient safety watchdog group. It's key ...