The COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical gaps in infection control across senior living communities. Despite extensive cleaning protocols, outbreaks were ...

Adherence to standard dialysis infection prevention and control (IPC) measures enabled safe provision of dialysis to patients ...

For years scientists have puzzled over why the intracellular pathogen Salmonella is able to survive—and thrive—in human and ...

In addition to being responsible for longer hospital stays and readmissions, Clostridium difficile is increases hospital costs by 40%, according to a new study conducted by Premier, Inc.

Elavil, an antidepressant, can control pain. Rather than listing all the medicines used, let me direct you to the Interstitial Cystitis Association at 800-435-7422 or online at www.ichelp.org.

The CDC is calling Candida auris, a deadly fungal infection, an 'urgent threat' as screened cases have tripled from 2020 to 2021.

Interstitial cystitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (IC/CPPS) is a bladder condition in women that is characterized by chronic irritative bladder symptoms in the presence of sterile urine.

November 5, 2024 By Emily Gallagher The Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication (CPHRC) and Office of Education, both within the Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health (DSPH), have ...

Thousands of patients at Providence Health may have been exposed to an infection due to a physician not following control practices, according to a statement from the health care company.

The typical story of an IC patient is years and years of misdiagnosis. Doctors think that the patient has a bladder infection, and course after course of antibiotics is given.