Healthcare providers should consider a diagnosis of plague in patients who have symptoms consistent with the disease and who live, or have recently traveled to, the western United States or other ...

Andes hantavirus is rare, geographically concentrated, and the only hantavirus currently known to spread person to person. In this episode of Transmission Interrupted, Jill Morgan, Dr. Gaby Frank, and ...

When a patient arrives at a hospital with symptoms consistent with a high-consequence infectious disease (HCID), timely laboratory testing is critical for diagnosis, clinical decision-making, and ...

A new study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology reveals that many frontline acute care hospitals face significant challenges in safely performing routine laboratory tests for ...

In this episode of Transmission Interrupted, host Jill Morgan, RN, invites Gavin Harris, MD, and Gaby Frank, MD, to discuss their recent New England Journal of Medicine review of Andes virus, covering ...

54 U.S. health care facilities accepted into the National Special Pathogen System as Level 2 Treatment Centers The National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC) announced ...

New World screwworm may sound like something from a horror movie, but it’s a real and potentially devastating threat to livestock, wildlife, pets, and even humans. In this episode of Transmission ...

Step inside one of the most unique corners of American healthcare as Transmission Interrupted takes you behind the scenes of the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center ...

Please note: This episode was recorded before the recent hantavirus outbreak. A forthcoming NETEC podcast episode will provide expert insight into hantavirus transmission, clinical presentation, ...

How clean is clean? On this episode of Transmission Interrupted, host Jill Morgan dives deep into the crucial topic of infection prevention and terminal cleaning with experts Cassie Prather and Erika ...

What happens behind the sealed doors of a biocontainment laboratory when a patient with a suspected special pathogen—like Ebola or Lassa fever—arrives at a hospital? In this episode of Transmission ...