Among the problems: hundreds of lab samples went unprocessed for more than two weeks and surgical staff had no hot water to ...

Doctors have warned that more must be done to tackle the rise of a highly contagious bacteria. More than one in ten cases of ...

A deadly bacterial infection has reached its highest levels in over a decade across the UK, with 19,239 cases of ...

The number of working days lost to sick leave hovered around 180 million for around a decade – closer to 2022 levels. If ...

There were 19,239 cases of C. diff reported to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) from February 2024 to January 2025. This ...

A study of more than 70,000 US pregnancies suggests a commonly used antibiotic for urinary tract infections (UTIs) may be ...

A new study by researchers in Canada suggests that an effort to reduce antibiotic prescribing in one age-group had spillover effects on a broader population.

When COVID arrived early in 2020, pandemic restrictions made in-person mental health care difficult or impossible. Both ...

A staggering 92% of South Africans living with mental health conditions are not receiving the treatment they need. Yet, ...

Between July 7, 2023, and June 30, 2024, Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson had the lowest rate of Clostridioides difficile infections among cancer hospitals exempt from reporting to ...

New research undertaken by the University of Utah Health has found that one of the most common health care-associated infections spreads in intensive care units more than three times more than ...