Kristi Rosa

On National Cookie Day, it’s important to remember to avoid consuming any raw baking materials or you'll run the risk of infection.

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released new expert guidance to help hospitals prepare for and contain infectious disease outbreaks.

A recent study finds that younger individuals are partaking in a wider range of sexual practices than they did 20 years ago. What does that mean for their health and well-being?

Hepatitis A outbreaks have been ravaging 5 US states, leaving health officials scrambling.

Many individuals live with HIV for years before they are aware of their status. HIV testing is crucial if we hope to bring a close to the ongoing epidemic.

A group of students from Johns Hopkins win first place at the fifth annual Pfizer Case Competition by providing solution to a problem regarding pneumonia vaccine compliance.

Check out the third portion of our exclusive interview with Maureen Spencer, Accelerate Diagnostics, as we discuss how reducing antibiotics could be key to preventing C. difficile infections.

Maureen Spencer, Accelerate Diagnostics, sat down with Contagion® to discuss the challenges of disinfecting hospital rooms to prevent C. difficile.

We’ve compiled a list of key food safety tips that you need to know in order to have a safe, bacteria-free holiday.

In an exclusive interview with Contagion®, Maureen Spencer, Accelerate Diagnostics, discusses different strategies to prevent and control C. difficile in health care facilities.

World Toilet Day, November 9th, is dedicated to promoting awareness and inspiring action against the global sanitation crisis.

A testing stewardship effort found that using a “hard stop” alert system may help reduce inappropriate C. difficile testing.

The latest WHO External Situation Report suggests that the plague outbreak that has been ravaging Madagascar for months may finally be winding down.

The FDA has approved the first sensor-equipped pill capable of digitally tracking whether patients are adhering to their prescribed medications.

As the hepatitis A outbreak in San Diego continues, officials focus their efforts on homeless encamped along the San Diego River. Is the situation improving or getting worse?

Researchers from the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have found that special electric bandages can disrupt biofilm infection and enable healing in already infected burn wounds.

PREVYMIS, or letermovir, has just received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be administered orally via once-daily tablets and through injection for intravenous use.

A new study gleans troubling findings—four in 10 health care providers choose to go to work despite experiencing symptoms of infectious disease.

Contagion® will be providing exclusive coverage on the conference. Keep your eyes peeled for session coverage and interviews with some of the key presenters.

Three antimicrobial susceptibility tests have been cleared by the FDA concurrently with the launch of a new antibiotic Baxdela, to help guide its use.

The plague outbreak in Madagascar appears to be winding down, but will a centuries-old ritual reverse the progress?

One doctor in Bangladesh has created a low-cost continuous positive airway pressure device out of an empty shampoo bottle; a study finds that the device cut pneumonia mortality rates by 75%.

Biopharmaceutical company Achaogen submitted a New Drug Application for plazomicin for the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections and bloodstream infections.

The pivotal phase 3 AMBER study regarding the safety and efficacy of the investigational darunavir-based single tablet HIV regimen has achieved its primary endpoint.

At ID Week 2017, Dr. Laura Cooley, CDC, discussed the increasing number of Legionnaires’ cases in the United States, underscoring the need for stronger water management practices.

The CDC has issued updated interim clinical guidance for healthcare providers who are caring for infants born to mothers with possible Zika virus infection during pregnancy.

A recent study has found that 1 in 9 men living in the United States have oral HPV.

The pneumonic plague outbreak in Madagascar infects 684 individuals and claims 57 lives, thus far. Has it spread to Seychelles?

NIAID director Dr. Anthony S. Fauci stresses in a recent commentary that, from a practical standpoint, the development of a moderately effective HIV vaccine is “essential” to ending the pandemic.

Dr. Daniel Lucey provided insight on past and current yellow fever outbreaks and vaccine shortages at ID Week 2017; he also cited the very real possibility of yellow fever hitting Asia.