Breaches of infection control protocol may have contributed to three patients who were infected with MRSA after receiving epidural shots at a West Virginia outpatient pain clinic, according to a study ...

Deaths from injection-related infections like endocarditis have increased among young people, likely due to the growth of injection drug use and stronger, shorter-acting fentanyl. While medications ...

Results presented here showed platelet-rich plasma injection within 6 months of total shoulder arthroplasty may lead to an ...

Corticosteroid, a drug that suppresses the immune system, is often injected into patients to alleviate pain and inflammation in the months before total joint replacement surgeries, but it may increase ...

One type of superbug bacteria is increasingly spreading among people who inject drugs, according to a new government report. Users of heroin and other injection drugs were 16 times more likely than ...

A drug currently used to treat HIV has also been found to dramatically reduce the risk of infection, significantly more than the primary option available for pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP. In a ...

Three patients developed difficult-to-treat Mycobacterium abscessus infections after receiving embryonic stem cell injections in Mexico in 2022, researchers reported. Two men -- one from Colorado and ...

Senior medical practitioners have outlined the potential benefits of a newly introduced Lenacapavir, a long-acting Human Immunodeficiency Virus prevention injection, saying it could significantly ...