Oral Antibiotic Therapy for Uncomplicated BSIs: Safe Alternative to IV Therapy in Transplants

Oral antibiotic step-down therapy for uncomplicated gram-negative bloodstream infections in solid-organ transplant ...

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Legionellosis Cluster Linked to Manufacturing Facility

A manufacturing facility in South Carolina has been identified as the source of a cluster of legionellosis cases ...

JANUARY 24, 2025

Legionnaires Outbreak Tied To Cruise Ship Hot Tubs

Private balcony hot tubs were likely the source of outbreaks of Legionnaires disease that occurred on two cruise ...

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

New Source of Legionella: Lung Transplantation

Two cases of Legionnaires' disease reported in Pennsylvania were likely caused by transplantation of infected ...

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Recreational Water Disease Outbreaks Peak During Summer

From 2015 to 2019, more than 200 outbreaks of illness associated with recreational water use were reported to the ...

JULY 20, 2021

So Many Problems With Flint Water System

Lead wasn't the only thing that public health officials found in the water.

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Hotel Pools, Hot Tubs, Water Parks Leading Source of Waterborne Diseases

Going to spend Memorial Day weekend at a hotel? You might want to stay out of the pool. One-third of recreational ...

MAY 21, 2018

Germs in the Ice Machines?

Gram-negative bacilli and/or Candida species were found in 100% of hospital ice machine drain pans, 52% ...

MARCH 15, 2018

Hospitals Often Unprepared for Legionella Threat

Hospitals not living up to CMS standards to protect their patients from health ...

MARCH 13, 2018

Legionella: Fatal, Unsuspected Hospital Threat

Patients are getting Legionnaires’ disease while in health care facilities in most parts of the country, and ...

JULY 13, 2017