One of the most common health care-associated infections spreads within intensive care units (ICUs) more than three times more than previously thought, new research has found. IMPACT: The results ...

New method provides high-resolution surveillance data about multiple common antibiotic-resistant bacteria at once and could help prevent the spread of infections. Researchers have developed a new ...

The proof-of-concept study, from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Oslo, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo in Italy, and collaborators, details a new deep sequencing approach that ...

There are many types of respiratory diseases, such as COPD, asthma, and obstructive sleep apnea. Smoking and exposure to certain substances are common risk factors. Respiratory diseases are conditions ...

Researchers have developed a new genomic technique that can track the spread of multiple superbugs in a hospital simultaneously, which could help prevent and manage common hospital infections quicker ...

C. difficile (C. diff) is one of the most common and contagious hospital-acquired infections. Research has found that C. diff spreads more than three times more than previously thought. C. diff can ...