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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

Vectorborne Diseases

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) joins the World Health Organization (WHO) and other public health partners in recognizing World ...read more

Infection Prevention and Hand Hygiene

Growing body of evidence demonstrates that patients who are more actively involved in their healthcare experience better health outcomes and incur ...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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Cranberry Usage Common for Urinary Tract Infections

New research suggests that while it’s fairly common for parents to give their children cranberry products to treat or prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs), they usually do not discuss the treatment with their pediatrician. The study, by researchers at Brenner Children’s ...More
July 19, 2005 Posted in News
Three Deadly Parasite Genomes Sequenced

An international group of researchers working in more than 20 laboratories around the globe have determined genetic blueprints for the parasites that cause three deadly insect-borne diseases: African sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis and Chagas disease. The research, funded ...More
July 18, 2005 Posted in News
HIV Therapy Greatly Extends Life of Key T Cells, Scientists Find

Interleukin-2 (IL-2), an immune-boosting drug used experimentally in HIV therapy, greatly increases the lifespan of certain subsets of immune system T cells in some HIV-positive people who respond to this therapy, discovered researchers from the National Institutes of ...More
July 18, 2005 Posted in News
Mouse Studies of Oseltamivir Show Promise Against H5N1 Influenza Virus

Experiments in mice show that an antiviral drug currently used against annual influenza strains also can suppress the deadly influenza virus that has spread from birds to humans, killing dozens of people in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand since early 2004. This study, the ...More
July 18, 2005 Posted in News
Survey Reveals That Nearly Half of U.S. Nurses Plan to Change Jobs in the Next Two Years

CHICAGO -- In the face of a growing nurse shortage, hospitals and healthcare organizations may need to prescribe new treatments for employee retention. Forty-nine percent of nurses say they plan to leave their current jobs in the next two years, ...More
July 18, 2005 Posted in News
Time Under General Anesthesia Associated with Postoperative Complications

The amount of time a patient is under general anesthesia during major head and neck surgery, not their age, was associated with postoperative complications, according to an article in the July issue of Archives of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. The elderly ...More
July 18, 2005 Posted in News
Monkeypox Mystery: Why 2003 Outbreak in the U.S. Wasn't Deadly

ST. LOUIS -- An outbreak of 72 cases of monkeypox in the United States during the summer of 2003 didn't produce a single fatality, even though the disease usually kills 10 percent of those infected. Why did none of the patients die? New research from Saint Louis ...More
July 15, 2005 Posted in News
Pittsburgh Posts Major Reduction in Healthcare-Associated Infections

PITTSBURGH, Pa. — The Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative (PRHI) reported a 63 percent region-wide decline in healthcare-associated blood stream infections. Since 2001, the number of infections reported by participating hospitals dropped from 123 infections per ...More
July 14, 2005 Posted in News
Soldiers, Civilians Returning from Middle East: Be Aware of “Baghdad Boil”

According to a retrospective study published in the June 2005 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, “Baghdad boil,” or cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), among military personnel and civilians returning from assignments in the Middle East, where the ...More
July 14, 2005 Posted in News
New Study Demonstrates Simple Handwashing with Soap Can Save Children's Lives

Handwashing with soap can reduce the number of pneumonia-related infections in children under the age of 5 by more than 50 percent, according to a study published in The Lancet. The research, conducted in Pakistan by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...More
July 14, 2005 Posted in News, Hand Hygiene