Newark, N.J.-based University Hospital hired a new state-ordered infectious disease specialist to investigate current infection control practices at the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit, according to NJ.com.

Chicago Lakeshore Hospital is under federal and state investigation over patient safety concerns and alleged sexual assaults, according to ProPublica Illinois.

U.S. regions where bacteria are most prevalent in showerheads are the same regions where nontuberculous mycobacterial lung infections are most common, according to a study cited by the American Society for Microbiology.

A state investigation revealed several hand hygiene deficiencies at the Wanaque (N.J.) Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, where an ongoing adenovirus outbreak has sickened 26 children and killed nine.

The American Cancer Society outlined three priorities for care delivery, research, education and policy to equitably improve survivor outcomes and support caregivers.

The CDC confirmed 10 additional cases of acute flaccid myelitis, bringing the total number of children infected with the rare, polio-like illness to 72 this year, reports Reuters.

A former longtime lawmaker in North Dakota died Oct. 30 after contracting a bacterial infection linked to eating raw oysters, reports WDSU News 6.

More than 100 people in the Los Angeles area have contracted typhus this year, according to NBC News.

The Arkansas Department of Health confirmed 52 cancer patients at Arkansas Cancer Institute in Little Rock have contracted an unidentified bacterial infection health officials have not seen before, according to Kark 4 News.

Sanatoria used to treat tuberculosis patients in the late-19th and 20th centuries served as inspiration for many Modernist architects, according CityLab.