Category: Infection Prevention | Huntington Hospital

Measles: What you need to know

March 17, 2025

The latest measles outbreak in West Texas, and now New Mexico, is causing alarm due to the number of cases and how quickly it’s spreading. As a result, the Centers […]

Doc Talk with Kimberly Shriner, MD, FACP, medical director of infection prevention and control: What we know about bird flu

March 12, 2025

Bird flu (H5N1 virus) has been in the news lately, following the Louisiana Department of Health’s announcement that a patient hospitalized with the virus in January 2025 had died, which […]

Team Tanzania’s latest journey to Africa

July 8, 2024

In February 2024, Huntington Health volunteers from Team Tanzania returned to Africa on their 12th mission to support the efforts of the Phil Simon Clinic Tanzania Project (PSCTP). Since 2002, […]

Measles: What to do if you’re exposed

April 25, 2024

With the recently confirmed case of measles in Los Angeles County in early April, you may be wondering what you should do if you or a loved one is exposed. […]

Pasadena Student works with Huntington Health to Develop and Test Handwashing Technology for Health Care Facilities

July 18, 2023

Pasadena teen and 2023 Polytechnic School graduate, Adrian Lazzi, has launched Puriphico, a patent-pending technology with the mission of promoting a healthier world by encouraging proper handwashing in health care […]

Arm Yourself Against the 2022-23 Flu Season

October 3, 2022

Cedars-Sinai Infectious Disease Experts Predict a Tough Flu Season Ahead, Urge Public to Get Vaccinated Amid the loosening of COVID-19 precautions and a sharp increase in flu cases in the […]

Huntington Health offers free flu shot clinics to community

September 8, 2022

Flu season is just around the corner, and it is important that Pasadenans and our neighbors throughout the San Gabriel Valley and surrounding communities take steps to guard against the […]

Monkeypox: What you need to know

August 5, 2022

With the World Health Organization, and now the White House, declaring monkeypox a public health emergency, you may be feeling worried, especially after enduring the COVID-19 pandemic. Now what? Fortunately, […]

Infectious Diseases and Stigma

July 26, 2022

By Kimberly Shriner, MD, FACP Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control, Huntington Health As if our past two and a half years of dealing with COVID was not enough, the […]

COVID-19 Update: Omicron variants and increase in cases

July 19, 2022

By Kimberly A. Shriner, MD, Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control, Huntington Health As we all know, we are seeing yet another highly contagious variant of COVID-19 in our […]