Infectious Disease

Organs and tissue donated by a Kentucky man infected with the hepatitis C virus causes disease transmission to multiple organ recipients.

The Department of Health and Human Services action plan calls for better strategies and methods of treating and diagnosing viral hepatitis.

Cancer survivors should be encouraged to take preventive measures, including receiving the pneumococcal vaccination.

As part of a new initiative, pharmacists are performing in-home assessments and creating medication management plans to help keep patients out of the hospital.

The first study to examine the global burden of influenza-related pneumonia estimates that there are 1 million hospitalizations each year.

New guidelines from IDSA and PIDS aim to provide a roadmap to the most scientifically valid diagnosis and treatment recommendations for pneumonia in children.

New York residents now have the option of getting flu and pneumonia shots from their pharmacists.