Hospital staffing shortages in Maryland have led to a noticeable increase in serious medical mistakes, affecting patient safety and care quality. Over the past few years, understaffed facilities have ...

One too many tragedies occur each year to starkly underline how the smallest gaps can massively undermine elderly care. Senior care facilities are ...

The trial assessed APT-Sepsis implementation in 59 hospitals across Malawi and Uganda, involving a staggering 431,394 women ...

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control on Thursday urged people eligible for influenza shots to get ...

Conventional and traditional medicine are often viewed as distinct, but their integration could be transformative for ...

A landmark multi-country clinical trial has shown that a structured, sustainable approach to infection prevention and treatment can save women's lives, cutting severe maternal infections and deaths by ...

Many infection preventionists report ultrasound probe disinfection with HLD machines is a key survey focus area for 2025. By adopting chlorine dioxide disinfection, hospitals can proactively address ...

Stone is a retired infectious disease physician, medical journalist, and author. Feinberg is professor of medicine/infectious disease and professor of behavioral medicine and psychiatry at the West ...

Financial hardship is widespread among health care workers, particularly in direct care roles, amid a workforce crisis and challenging job conditions. Direct care workers face the highest levels of ...

They are restaurateurs and beauticians, landscapers and mediators, chiropractors and funeral directors. They are freelancers, contractors and gig workers. And they now find themselves stuck in the ...