Infection Control News

The United States Department of Agriculture this week confirmed the first case of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in a U.S. pig, raising concerns about the potential health risk to humans.

A healthy, 10-year-old boy seeks care for a sore left cheek.

LOS ANGELES — Public health officials could have detected H5 influenza in wastewater days before highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed in cattle earlier this year, according to a study presented at IDWeek.

LOS ANGELES — One-third of patients with a carbapenemase-producing organism died, according to a study conducted at nearly a dozen New York hospitals.

The proportion of children dying from sepsis is lower than it was 20 years ago, but Black children are still at a significantly higher risk than white children, according to a study presented at IDWeek.

Cockroaches contributed to an outbreak of multidrug-resistant Enterobacter cloacae in an ICU over the course of 20 months, according to a study that linked outbreak strains to strains found in the insects.

Insufficient infection prevention staffing can lead to higher rates of health care-associated infection, according to researchers who evaluated an online calculator that could help facilities meet staffing requirements.

As older Americans continue to shoulder much of the COVID-19 burden, new data show that most went without a vaccine last winter and that those who got sick rarely received antivirals.

The number of pertussis cases in the United States has quadrupled over the last 12 months, according to the CDC, raising questions as to what is behind the sudden, significant spike.

An ED program flagging high-risk patients for optional syphilis testing more than doubled the number of infections the department detected, according to a study.