A study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, examined hospitalizations for Staphylococcus aureus infections at freestanding pediatric facilities between 2009 and 2016.

Australia's National Hand Hygiene Initiative, a standardized culture change program based on the World Health Organization's 'My 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene' approach, helped hospitals improve hand hygiene compliance significantly, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Researchers at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University are investigating how biological sex affects patients' immune responses to the influenza vaccine.

Big data and machine learning helped create a model that efficiently predicts critical care patients' risk for pressure injuries, according to a study published in the American Journal of Critical Care.

For nurses feeling burned out during hospital shifts, an outdoor break in a garden can help mitigate emotional exhaustion, a study published in the American Journal of Critical Care found.

On Nov. 5, the  Arkansas Department of Health confirmed three of five suspected cases of a polio-like illness, called acute flaccid myelitis, in Arkansas, according to KATV. All three confirmed cases were in children.

Robin Schoenthaler, MD, radiation oncologist and director of medical education at Concord, Mass.-based Mass General Cancer Center at Emerson Hospital, received the 2018 Physician Quality Champion Award, according to Concord.

Oakland County Health Division in Pontiac, Mich., confirmed two measles cases in county residents Nov. 6.

Seventeen children in the Orthodox Jewish community in the Williamsburg and Borough Park neighborhoods of Brooklyn, N.Y., have been diagnosed with measles, the New York City Department of Health reported Nov. 2.

The CDC awarded two contracts to faculty at Blacksburg, Va.-based Virginia Tech Nov. 5, to study the effects of antibiotic resistance in recycled water and plumbing.