Mary Duncan, R.N., MSN, CIC, is the senior director of Infection Prevention for the UAB Health System, with 18 years of experience implementing best practices at various health facilities. Her ...

Insects may play a role in transmitting pathogens in heath care settings, according to findings from a systematic review.The ...

By Hugo Francisco de Souza A rare human challenge-style trial shows that even with poor ventilation and prolonged exposure, ...

While the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic were marked by religious hand-washing and disinfecting of everything from groceries to doorknobs, scientists quickly learned airborne transmission was the ...

Following the Nipah virus outbreak in India, we asked experts about ongoing research into treatments, if there is a cause for ...

Breakthrough research has found that Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections are more likely transmitted from asymptomatic throat carriage than skin-to-skin contact in communities with high rates of ...

A laboratory worker was infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 in a biosafety level 2 containment facility, without any apparent breach. Through full-genome sequencing and ...

According to the experts, the zoonotic virus, which is an infectious agent that jumps from animals to humans, causing disease ...

Karen Kruse Thomas is the Bloomberg School historian. This article originally appeared online as part of the Bloomberg School of Public Health's COVID-19 Expert Insights. Seven months after the first ...