Nosocomial Infections News

ORLANDO — Wastewater surveillance is generally conducted at local, state and national population levels, but a study presented at SHEA Spring suggested it could be useful for health care facilities to conduct themselves.

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America’s annual conference starts Sunday in the Sunshine State, a fitting locale considering this year’s themes of environmental impact and sustainability.

VIENNA — More than 3 million children died from antimicrobial resistance-associated complications in 2022 across the globe, most of whom lived in Southeast Asia and Africa, according to findings presented at ESCMID Global 2025.

Healio will have live coverage of this year’s ESCMID Global, one of the largest medical conferences dedicated to infectious diseases and clinical microbiology in the world.

Clinical Infectious Diseases has launched a new series that will provide an in-depth look at real-life complex cases and the associated diagnostic and management decisions that ID clinicians deal with regularly.

Clostridioides difficile isolates with reduced fidaxomicin susceptibility may emerge during treatment and could spread to other patients, researchers found.

Infections requiring hospitalization were associated with increased risk for future incident heart failure, regardless of infection and HF subtype, according to new data published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

A prevention bundle reduced inflammation, infections and hospitalizations among nursing home residents with peripherally inserted central catheters, according to a study.

The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the next HHS secretary.