Almost half of children who require surgery for complicated appendicitis can safely complete their recovery at home, ...

The young patients were randomly prescribed either intravenous antibiotics or appendectomy. The study then compared the failure rates of these two treatment options. For appendectomy, failure was ...

Dozens of children and female patients were put at risk during surgery after medically unsafe surgical equipment was stored ...

A midwife assigned to help deliver a baby at home in a remote rural area left on a lunch break and arrived back to a tragedy ...

Patients hospitalized with CAP who had an LRTS taken on admission exhibited reduced risk of mortality and were more likely to receive appropriate antibiotic therapy.

The heartbroken family of a mum who died after medics failed to give her antibiotics to treat sepsis have spoken out about ...

Variable weather with changing air temperatures is likely to be causing increased dairy cow health issues, writes Aidan ...

Some notoriously difficult-to-treat infections may not be as resistant to antibiotics as has been thought, according to new ...

Viral and bacterial meningitis are explored in this factsheet, helping nurses to identify when emergency treatment is needed.

A midwife assigned to help deliver a baby at home in a remote rural area left on a lunch break and arrived back to a tragedy ...

Cellulitis is a skin infection that can occur when bacteria enter an open bug bite. Early treatment is crucial. Learn how to ...