Cherokee Medical Center in Gaffney was not graded in spring 2025 and received a C in fall 2024. It was cited for C diff infection (a bacterial infection that causes diarrhea, abdominal pain, and fever ...

Reader’s Digest compiled a list of hospital objects that can hold large amounts of bacteria and other microbes, including elevator buttons, faucets and patient privacy curtains. 2. Bed rails. Bacteria ...

For infections, IU Health Bloomington Hospital received better than average for infection in the urinary tract. It had an ...

Without proper treatment, tooth infections can spread to other areas of the body, leading to serious and potentially life threatening complications. A tooth infection, or a tooth abscess, is a ...

Our body's immune system is quick to spring into action when it spots a foreign object that shouldn't be there. Sometimes the ...

You wake up with a scratchy throat and that vague feeling of unwellness. Is it just allergies? The start of a cold? Or something that might need antibiotics? Knowing the difference between viral and ...

Ebola is in the U.S. Now what? Post your questions on Twitter using #EbolaQandA, and our @CNN experts will reply with answers, or join us on Facebook. Yes, Ebola is a scary infectious disease. But the ...

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers determined whether severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) could be transmitted from a dead body. Study: Can ...

In the midst of rising cancellations, crowded grocery stores and concern over catching the new coronavirus, it came as a relief when the first three patients in Montgomery County, Maryland, fully ...