The CDC reports today of a 20% increase in antimicrobial-resistant infections during COVID-19, in the years of 2021-2022, highlighting the need for ongoing prevention and updated estimates starting in ...

Antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein produced by the immune system can help identify and fend off future infections, but not all antibodies are the same. People who either recovered from ...

The duration and effectiveness of immunity from infection with and vaccination against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are relevant to pandemic policy interventions, ...

Having an infection preventionist on site or as a consultant to lead infection prevention and control training makes a difference. The ability to screen, isolate, or group patients can save lives.

Clinical cases, screening cases and cases in which Candida auris was resistant to recommended medication all skyrocketed during the pandemic's early years, according to surveillance data recently ...

A breakthrough Covid-19 coronavirus infection may not be “super” to have. But can it actually give you what’s being called “super immunity” on social media? In other words, can a severe acute ...

But prior infection does not guarantee protection from the virus, officials said, and Americans should still get vaccinated and boosted. By Apoorva Mandavilli Sixty percent of Americans, including 75 ...

New Zealand has reported foodborne infection and outbreak figures for 2021 with statistics still affected by a coronavirus. In 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic and public health measures taken to control ...