STANFORD, Calif. (KGO) -- Hospital workers at Stanford have released a report showing patient infections are a big problem. The report claims Stanford's infection rate is the worst among seven Bay ...

Lab research published in JAMA asserts that beta-lactam antibiotic treatment is not only ineffective against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections, it could worsen them. Researchers ...

One of the pillars of modern medicine is showing its cracks, according to a new report from the World Health Organization. Antibiotics have turned once-deadly infections into minor inconveniences.

A Louisiana task force is considering criminal penalties for the intentional transmission of STIs. The state currently has ...

COVID-19 certainly didn't take a vacation this summer. Virus levels in the US have been on the rise for weeks, but it's hard to know exactly how widely it's spreading. Federal data suggests that the ...

Existing antivirals may be less effective against this H5N1 bird flu strain, and prevention measures, such as avoiding raw milk consumption and reducing exposure in dairy workers, may be the most ...