Infection Control

The death rate among those infected with the new strain of coronavirus, COVID-19, is 2.3 percent, a study of 72,314 cases shows.

The CDC identified an old humidifier as the cause of the mold outbreak at Seattle Children's Hospital that resulted in seven patient deaths, according to King 5. 

Madison, Wis.-based UW Health has diagnosed 821 children with the flu this season, representing 10 times as many children as last year, reports NBC affiliate WMTV.

Mark Rupp, MD, chief of the infectious disease division and medical director of infection control and epidemiology at Omaha-based University of Nebraska Medical Center, discussed the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak with Becker's.  

A treatment using broad-spectrum antibiotics on pneumonia patients with antibiotic-resistant infections may end up increasing their risk of death, a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found.

Seattle Children's Hospital has filed a lawsuit to block the release of health department records regarding mold at its facility, according to court documents cited by King 5. 

The following hospitals had the highest and lowest rates of bloodstream infections after surgery in the U.S.

There is no evidence that the new strain of coronavirus, dubbed COVID-19, can be passed on from pregnant women in their third trimesters to their unborn children, according to a study published in The Lancet.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections rose significantly in Tennessee between 2015 and 2017, and nearly a quarter were related to injection drug use, a study published in Emerging Infectious Diseases shows.