Outbreaks

Nevada health officials have been investigating outbreaks of Candida auris since mid-April in “several” long-term care facilities, a local news outlet reports.

Low COVID-19 case counts mean it’s time to prepare for future outbreaks, epidemiologist says … Op-ed: Why comprehensive medication management is especially important now … Early ACA adopters...

A 20% decline in tuberculosis cases in 2020 may be followed by an uptick once the COVID-19 pandemic wanes, according to CDC investigators. Clinicians should be prepared to detect cases and control spread,...

The proposed phase-out of multiple-occupancy rooms is crucial to helping prevent uncontrolled infectious disease outbreaks, the Green House Project says.

The federal Long-Term Care Partner Program aims to quickly get time-sensitive COVID-19 treatments to facilities when an outbreak occurs. The first drug available via the portal will be molnupiravir, followed...

Long-term care advocates are applauding a new order by the governor of Maryland that requires nursing facilities to offer all residents therapeutic treatments such as monoclonal antibodies when a COVID-19...

The FDA “heard loud and clear” that a simpler booster strategy was needed, its vaccine chief says. But the action may be too late to head off a winter virus surge, observers say.

A Connecticut nursing home has weathered a facility-wide COVID-19 outbreak that has sickened 89 residents and staff. Booster shots were not yet authorized when the first cases appeared, the operator reports.

Fully 90% of infectious tuberculosis droplets are expelled by breathing alone, finds a study that may contradict decades of clinical teaching.

Long-term care facilities may be susceptible to listeriosis outbreaks, investigators say. These infections tend to crop up as single but severe cases over a prolonged time period.