Infection

Patients who have diabetes at the time of kidney allograft loss may have a lower chance of survival compared without, according to .

A seventh person has potentially been cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant to treat blood cancer, researchers announced on the eve of the 25th International AIDS Conference.

The risk for developing long COVID declined over the course of the pandemic but has remained significant, researchers reported.

Installation of a stethoscope disinfection device improved hand hygiene compliance among health care workers at an urgent care clinic and ED, researchers reported.

As a past president of the Pennsylvania Optometric Association, I am very familiar with how our profession expands its scope of practice.

SAN ANTONIO — After confirming reports of norovirus in a hematologic oncology and clinical trials unit, a comprehensive infection prevention plan was put in place, stopping further infections with no recurrence.

The FDA has approved Capvaxive, Merck’s 21-valent pneumococcal vaccine, which is specifically made to protect adults.

SAN ANTONIO — We caught up with Connie Steed, MSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC, at the annual meeting of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology to find out how she got “Hooked on ID.”

Some patients on in-center hemodialysis were able to successfully adapt to telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, but more research is needed on communication and privacy, data show.

It is known that persons with cystic fibrosis are more susceptible to infections; however, the impact of elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor therapy on this susceptibility has not been well studied yet.