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Various strategies for diagnosing Clostridioides difficile (CD) differ in their sensitivity and specificity, as well as ability to distinguish colonization from infection. Impacts include reducing the number of National Healthcare Safety Network

A majority of U.S. adults have a heart age that is older than their chronological age-evidence that they could be at greater risk for heart attacks and stroke.

Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 80, Issue 8, Page 3146-3157, August 2024.

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.

Diseases transmitted from animals to people in Africa have jumped 63 per cent in last decade, compared with the previous ten year period, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) analysis released on Thursday.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today recognized eight hospitals and healthcare systems as Healthcare-Associated Venous Thromboembolism (HA-VTE) Prevention Champions for their success in implementing innovative and effective

Special Feature Examines Cancer in American Indians and Alaska Natives

A new report from the nation's leading cancer organizations finds that Americans' risk of dying from cancer continues to drop, maintaining a trend that began in the early 1990s. However, the rate of new cancers remains stable. The "Annual Report to

A new report from the nation's leading cancer organizations shows that, for the first time since the report was first issued in 1998, both incidence and death rates for all cancers combined are decreasing for both men and women, driven largely by