May 23, 2023 | Infection Control, News
WHO and partners are launching a global network to help protect people from infectious disease threats through the power of pathogen genomics. The International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN) will provide a platform to connect countries and regions, improving... 
May 23, 2023 | Infection Control, News
Scanning electron micrograph of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (yellow) and a dead human white blood cell (colored red). CREDIT: NIAID/NIH Chronic wounds are open sores or injured tissue that fail to heal properly. These types of wounds are... 
May 23, 2023 | Infection Control, News
The deadly hospital pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii can live for a year on a hospital wall without food and water. Then, when it infects a vulnerable patient, it resists antibiotics as well as the body’s built-in infection-fighting response. The World Health... 
May 23, 2023 | Covid-19, News
The World Health Organization (WHO) COVID vaccine composition advisory group met to discuss the latest SARS-CoV-2 changes and impacts on the vaccine and recommended that vaccine makers drop the ancestral strain and switch to a monovalent (single-strain) vaccine that...
