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How Bleach Kills Bacteria

Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have made strides in understanding exactly how bleach kills bacteria—and how ...read more

World Immunization Week is April 2024

"Immunize for a Healthy Future: Know, Check, Protect" is the message of this year’s World Immunization Week, being celebrated April 24-30, ...read more

Ebola Virus Disease

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released the following frequently asked questions on Ebola virus disease. ...read more

Mobile Patient-Care Equipment

This report addresses the role mobile medical equipment may play in the transmission of disease-causing pathogens as well as the challenges related ...read more

Biocides and Sporicidal Disinfectants

This Pulse provides a quick summary of some of the ideas and perspectives coming out of the 2013 Spring Conference of the Society of Healthcare ...read more

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WHO Helps Countries Assess Feasibility of Eliminating Malaria

On World Malaria Day (April 25, 2014), the World Health Organization (WHO) is launching a manual to help countries to assess the technical, operational and financial feasibility of moving toward malaria elimination. WHO’s new guide, "From Malaria Control to ...More
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WHO Expresses Concern About Rising Number of MERS-CoV Cases

The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the rising number of cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in recent weeks, especially in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and in particular that two significant outbreaks occurred ...More
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Six Cases of Human Infection with H7N9 Virus are Reported to WHO

The National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) of China has notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of six additional laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus. Details of the cases reported on April 23, 2014 ...More
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CDC Investigating Multi-State Outbreak of Human Salmonella Cotham

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is collaborating with public health, veterinary, and agriculture officials in many states and the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Veterinary Services LaboratoriesExternal Web Site Icon (NVSL) to investigate an ...More
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Report Shows 20-Year U.S. Immunization Program Spared Millions of Children From Diseases

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that vaccinations will prevent more than 21 million hospitalizations and 732,000 deaths among children born in the last 20 years. Despite the U.S. immunization program’s success, according to CDC ...More
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Scripps Research Institute Scientists Find New Point of Attack on HIV for Vaccine Development

A team led by scientists at the Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) working with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) has discovered a new vulnerable site on the HIV virus. The newly identified site can be attacked by human antibodies in a way that neutralizes the ...More
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Study Supports Safety of Antimicrobial Peptide-Coated Contact Lenses

Contact lenses coated with an antimicrobial peptide could help to lower the risk of contact lens-related infections, reports a study in Optometry and Vision Science, the journal of the American Academy of Optometry. Studies in animals and now humans support the ...More
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Novel Therapeutic Agent for Tamiflu-Resistant H1N1 Influenza Virus is Discovered

In 2009 the influenza pH1N1 virus caused the first flu pandemic in the 21st century. The virus reached Finland in May 2009 and killed more than 50 people in the country. Since 2011 the pH1N1 virus infects Finns mainly during flu epidemics (winter/spring seasons). Infections ...More
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Study Suggests Ways to Widen Access to Fecal Transplants for C. diff Infections

Using frozen stool from healthy, unrelated donors was safe and effective in treating patients with serious, relapsing diarrhea caused by Clostridium difficile, according to a new pilot study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases and available online. Known as fecal ...More
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Study Reports Germs Travel Farther Than Originally Thought

Each sneeze or cough generates a cloud of invisible gas that propels droplets of infectious material farther than originally thought, and smaller droplets actually travel farther than larger ones. A new study from MIT researchers published in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics ...More
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