The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown has visitor restrictions in place for patients on Unit 8 due to an outbreak of the “superbug” MRSA. Health P.E.I. said a higher than normal number of ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

CPIX launches Vibativ in China through SciClone, expanding access to its antibiotic treatment for serious Gram-positive bacterial infections.

Antibiotic resistance continues to push modern medicine into dangerous territory. In hospitals around the world, infections ...

Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula is taking action to address patient safety concerns after receiving a "C" grade from Leapfrog, focusing on infection prevention and environmental services.

Pharmaceuticals have been found in waterways almost everywhere in the world, fueling antibiotic-resistant superbugs that no ...

ZONO Technologies™ and ZONOSanitech™ are pleased to announce new independent testing results of 99.9% reduction of the measles virus on surfaces during the ZONO™ disinfecting and sanitizing process.

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: CPIX), an innovation focused biopharmaceutical company, today announced the launch of its Vibativ® (telavancin) injection in China, following regulatory ...

A former nurse infected with a deadly superbug is accusing a B.C. hospital of failing to take proper measures to control the spread of infection. "In my experience, proper isolation practices were non ...

Scientists have used artificial intelligence to identify a new class of antibiotic candidates that can kill methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, better known as MRSA. The finding has been ...

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