) InfectionPrevention and Control (IPC) is essential for keeping patients and healthcare workers infecsafe. Strong IPC measures can reduce the risk of infections during a hospital stay by up to ...
From long Covid to lingering health issues, health experts are still exploring the aftereffects of a Covid infection ... never had the infection ... The virus uses these receptors to enter and infect cells.
Alysha Pyrgotis, 27, revealed that she thought she was going 'to die' after a night of partying on a remote Indonesian island - the Brit backpacker caught a potentially deadly infection ... .
The virus is transferred to birds through the bite of an infected mosquito. The virus can then be transmitted to humans through bites from infected animals.
An invasive tick species is creeping its way into more parts of the country, as warming temperatures help it spread a little-known infection that can leave people with debilitating symptoms, and in rare cases, dead.
Data shows a total of 175 people were infected with the superbug outside of hospitals between January and March this year, up 47 per cent from the same period in 2019 ... However, it can cause serious infections if it gets into the body.
A nine-year-old girl who died at the medical college here two days ago was due to amoebic encephalitis, a rare brain infection caused by free-living amoeba in contaminated waters, health officials in... .
Wyoming health officials have warned that several hundred people may have been exposed to local bats - which are known to carry rabies - after they colonised a national park lodge ... .