Cold germs from someone’s nose or cough can live on surfaces for hours to days, depending on many factors. Learn which surfaces to avoid or clean.

The House of Representatives narrowly passed a short-term spending bill to keep the government funded through September. Trump buys red Tesla Model S at White House alongside Elon Musk: 'I like ...

A 2024 study published by the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) looked into this impact and completed tests in which a surrogate for human enteric viruses (bacteriophage MS2) — which is ...

1 Biosecurity Program, The Kirby Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 2 School of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University ...

Objective This study aimed to evaluate the duration of intensive care unit (ICU) stay prior to onset of invasive candidiasis (IC)/candidaemia. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources ...

Background: Consensus on the use of citrate vs.heparin for catheter locking remains elusive, with ongoing controversy. This meta-analysis investigates the efficacy and safety of citrate lock solutions ...

Background: The etiopathogenesis of periodontitis is closely associated with environmental conditions. However, the relationship between ethylene oxide exposure and periodontitis risk remains unclear.

Introduction The strength of the evidence base for the comparative effectiveness of three common surgical modalities for paediatric nephrolithiasis (ureteroscopy, shockwave lithotripsy and ...

Correspondence to Dr Vineet Chopra, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; vineetc{at}umich.edu Background While midline vascular catheters are gaining ...