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'We are learning that changing Mother Earth has its consequences. The viral world is making its way across species barriers.'

Infection preventionists have been fighting for these measures for years, but it took a 100-year pandemic and the death of some 60,000 nursing home residents to finally break the inertia.

The CDC also raises the possibility that monkeypox could establish an animal reservoir in the United States.

Co-infection with monkeypox and untreated HIV — particularly for those who have low CD4 counts — has produced devastating infections.

NY governor declares emergency prioritizing polio vaccine distribution and expanding those who can administer it to include EMTs, midwives and pharmacists.

A panel of experts urged employee health professionals to prioritize preventing workplace violence — an entrenched problem that has taken on a new immediacy with staff shortages.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has conceded it mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic response and has begun an ambitious rebuild.

'ANA purposefully, systemically, and systematically excluded Black nurses.'

Ask yourself: If this behavior continues, could it be a patient safety issue?”

A major focus of the revision will be on delineating the blurred line between droplet and airborne precautions, which has been the subject of some confusion and controversy during the pandemic.