A recent medical report has forced doctors and parents to confront measles’s long-term complications in children again. In February 2026, the New England Journal of Medicine described a 7-year-old boy ...

Health officials in the United States are reporting a rise in mumps infections, a contagious viral disease that spreads ...

California has reported 29 measles cases this year, surpassing last year's total, with low vaccination rates and travel contributing to the increase.

The prevention and control of communicable disease relies on a number of well-established interventions. Vaccination, vector ...

A new study found that a multifaceted infection prevention and control intervention could at least temporarily thwart outbreaks of infections from the Klebsiella pneumoniae bacterium, a leading cause ...

Low-cost infection prevention and control measures present a valuable opportunity to mitigate the spread of Klebsiella pneumoniae, according to a new study led by researchers at Boston University ...

Maryland is one of several states reporting cases of the infectious disease mumps, suggesting the return of diseases—like measles—that vaccines protect against ...

Originally created for hospitals, the World Health Organization’s Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework (IPCAF) has been adapted to assess infection prevention and control (IPC) ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has issued an urgent advisory to healthcare workers nationwide following a disturbing rise in Lassa fever infections, including 15 ...

Antibiotic resistance happens when harmful bacteria develop ways to resist antibiotics. Overuse and misuse of antibiotics cause bacteria to become resistant, making them harder to kill. People on long ...

Secondary infections caused by bacteria or viruses during hospital care remain a long-standing global challenge, despite advances in modern medicine. In particular, mixed bacterial–viral infections in ...