Hospital infections sicken about 2 million Americans every year and kill nearly 100,000, according to the co-author of a new study. Those deaths are 'roughly equivalent to the number of deaths if a ...

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The key to reducing bacterial infections in hospitals and preventing almost 100,000 deaths each year may be to replace standard hospital beds with copper beds, according to new research released ...

Hospital beds made of copper do not harbor as much bacteria during a patient stay as regular hospital beds with plastic surfaces, according to a study published in Applied and Environmental ...

Checking into a hospital can boost your chances of infection. That's a disturbing paradox of modern medical care. And it doesn't matter where in the world you're hospitalized. From the finest to the ...

A new study has found that copper hospital beds in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) harbored an average of 95% fewer bacteria than conventional hospital beds, and maintained these low-risk levels ...