“Nine in 10 hospitals failing on hygiene.” “MRSA deaths double in four years.” The thousands of newspaper headlines over the past 15 years in the UK have symbolised the nation’s fascination with healthcareassociated infections and increased the pressure for action. Moving beyond such headlines to develop clinical solutions was the focus of a conference hosted by The Lancet Infectious Diseases o...

BACKGROUND This study investigates the coverage of adherence to medicine by the UK and US newsprint media. Adherence to medicine is recognised as an important issue facing healthcare professionals and the newsprint media is a key source of health information, however, little is known about newspaper coverage of medication adherence. METHODS A search of the newspaper database Nexis®UK from 200...