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The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday the joint UN-led COVAX initiative aims to start shipping about 90 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa in February, in what will be the continent’s largest ever mass vaccination campaign.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold its 66th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference April 24-27, 2017, in Atlanta. The event showcases recent groundbreaking and often life-saving investigations by EIS

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold its 66th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference April 24-27, 2017, in Atlanta. The event showcases recent groundbreaking and often life-saving investigations by EIS

Addressing misinformation and countering vaccine hesitancy features prominently in a political declaration launched at the United Nations General Assembly, as countries pledged to “work together as one” to defeat the pandemic, and help people and the

Displaced families in Nigeria’s northeast are “knocking on the door of starvation”, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, personal protective equipment (PPE) became a household term as many citizens were made aware of its significance in order to reduce community spread, as well as protect health care workers (HCWs) on the front

Respiratory viral infections are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the pediatric population. Pre-pandemic, respiratory viruses such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza followed a predictable seasonality with peak

Floors are a potential source for dissemination of health care-associated pathogens.1-5 Although floors are rarely touched directly by hands, many items that are touched come in contact with the floor, and can serve as a source of hand contamination

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.

The poor state of infection prevention and control in both long-term and acute care settings was revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic.1 In hospitals,2 personal protective equipment (PPE) was scarce, communication was fragmented, and staff were ill