From February 2022 to February 2023, they collected (using cotton swabs) and genetically sequenced bacterial samples from six ...

We hope to be cured when we stay in hospital. But too often, we acquire new infections there. Such "health-care-associated ...

At the UPMC Mercy Pavilion, elevators are programmed to announce the floor at each stop. The building was designed with vision loss in mind.

While hospitals may be facing challenges, it’s unlikely that they will disappear entirely. The healthcare system will evolve ...

A violinist plays for her father. A singer takes requests. In hospitals and hospices, bedside performers offer a new kind of ...

Inside A&E at the height of the NHS winter crisis - Treatment on trollies is an unavoidable necessity in an under-pressure emergency department running at double its capacity, as Rachel Clun finds out ...

Long-term exposure to PM2.5, PM10, NO2 and ozone (O3) air pollution is associated with more hospital admissions for lower respiratory tract infections in adults.

SAN ANTONIO - It is a medical breakthrough that could save your life or limb when it comes to healing.Hyperbaric chambers ...

A former patient at the QEII Halifax Infirmary is speaking out about safety concerns, after witnessing firsthand the kind of violence health-care workers experience.

Increased use of ventilation and air cleaners, designed to mitigate the spread of viral infections in hospitals, is likely to ...

These infections are typically easily treated. More serious infections can be more challenging to treat and can lead to an extended hospital stay and serious illness. It is these more severe ...

When I had last set eyes on the man who had been brought in with a suspected heart condition, he was wedged in a wheelchair into an alcove normally used to store hospital equipment. He was clearly ...