The UN labour agency, ILO, says it is becoming increasingly concerned about working conditions in Iraq, where temperatures have soared to 50 degrees Celsius in recent weeks.
CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to provide an update on cases of 2009 H1N1 flu. The briefing will also include an update on NIH's clinical trials of candidate 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine...
CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to provide an update on cases of 2009 H1N1 flu. The briefing will also include an update on NIH's clinical trials of candidate 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine...
Health care-associated infections (HAI) are a significant cause of morbidity and health care costs, affecting over 1 million patients annually. Patient contact has been associated with contamination of health care workers’ hands or clothing and
The Emerging Infections Program (EIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently estimated from data collected at designated EIP locations that there were ∼236,000 cases of healthcare-associated Clostridioides difficile
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are a source of morbidity and mortality for hospitalized patients. While a universal MRSA decolonization approach is considered more effective than active surveillance and decolonization