A study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology examined the risk of antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteria transmission via healthcare workers' gowns and gloves while providing care at community-based nursing facilities.

Pennsylvania lawmakers on Oct. 10 approved legislation intended to decrease organ donation barriers, according to PennLive.

The World Health Organization projects the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ebola outbreak will continue for several more months and potentially spread to Uganda or Rwanda, according to Reuters.

Antibiotics are often misused to prevent or treat acute pancreatitis, even though international treatment guidelines indicate antibiotics should only be used when patients develop an infection, according to a study published in Pancreatology.

Wilmington, Del.-based Christiana Care Health System on Oct. 11 held a mass flu vaccination campaign for employees across more than 70 healthcare locations in four states.

Pregnant women who receive a flu vaccine are 40 percent less likely to experience a flu-related hospitalization, according to a study published Oct. 11 in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Former Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell launched a nonprofit called Safehouse, which will operate a safe injection site in Philadelphia despite government pushback, according to NPR.

Hospitalizations and surgeries to treat drug-associated infective endocarditis increased more than tenfold in North Carolina, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found.

Patient responses during sepsis progression can vary significantly based on pathogen type, and understanding these responses may help develop more effective treatments, a study published in Cell Host & Microbe found.

Hurricane Michael forced some Florida hospitals to close entirely, and others to evacuate their patients.