Senior executives play a pivotal role in implementing patient safety and hand hygiene initiatives, yet little research has been conducted on their views regarding how to improve outcomes and increase compliance, according to a study published in BMC Infectious Diseases.

An American healthcare worker who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus while working in West Africa has been transported to Omaha, Neb., for monitoring, according to a KETV report.

In addition to preventing cervical cancer, the humanpapilloma virus vaccine may have the ability to prevent numerous other cancer-causing strains, according to a study published in the American Society of Microbiology journal Clinical and Vaccine Immunology.

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas have identified a new mechanism that signals the immune system to defend itself against viruses, bacteria, parasites and tumors.

Healthcare-associated infections, readmissions and the measles outbreak captured the attention of infection control and clinical quality readers last week.

Every day, millions of Americans walk out of Starbucks with beverages that meet all of their individual preferences. If the coffee empire were to stop fulfilling its promise to give customers exactly what they ask for, it would flop. In…

Sierra Leone government ministers have lost track of more than $3 million in internal emergency funds for fighting the Ebola virus, according to Sierra Leone's national auditor general, Lara Taylor-Pearce, The New York Times reports.

According to a recent article by Nexera's Director of Sterile Processing, Mary Olivera, emphasizes the importance of knowing and utilizing best practices for sterile processing.

Ulster County in southeastern New York has launched a mobile mental health service.

Here are the eight top reasons hindering physicians from taking up government employment, according to a survey from The Medicus Firm.