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CDC Protocols Cut Dialysis Infections

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released results of its Dialysis Bloodstream Infection Prevention Collaborative showing a 32 ...read more

Antimicrobial Resistance

The resistance of bacteria to antibiotics and similar drugs—called antimicrobials—is considered a major public health threat by the Food and Drug ...read more

Clostridium difficile

This report explores the essentials of Clostridium difficile, one of the most problematic pathogens facing healthcare institutions today. It provides ...read more

Clostridium difficile

Infection Control Today reports on the prevalence of Clostridium difficile, including hospitals' efforts to prevent and control this ...read more

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Contaminated Needles Spread Hepatitis in China

UOPING, China-More than 60% of Chinese people are suffering from hepatitis B-a virus that infects only 1% of Americans by comparison. Experts believe the leading cause of this epidemic is infected needles. People in rural area of China believe an injection can cure many ...More
August 20, 2001
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Gates Vaccinates Asia

SIEM REAP, Cambodia-Chan Rasmey, a 6-month-old girl, was the first child to be vaccinated in Cambodia under The Vaccine Fund, a $1.8 billion initiative to prevent illnesses in poor countries. The project is predominately funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. ...More
August 20, 2001
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Quarantine Ordered in Wisconsin E. coli Scare

MILWAUKEE, Wisc-The Ozaukee County fairgrounds have been quarantined while officials search for the source of a recent E. coli outbreak that made 10 children sick, with two in possible kidney failure. Each of the children went to the August 1-5 fair, but health officials ...More
August 17, 2001
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CDC Warns Public of Tetanus Vaccine Shortage

ATLANTA, Ga-Officals at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are asking physicians nationwide to delay the fourth shot of the five-dose tetanus-diphtheria vaccine because of an immediate shortage. The lack of supply comes after Wyeth Lederle stopped making ...More
August 17, 2001
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Gay Men's Health Issues Surpass AIDS

NEW YORK-Within the last 20 years, health officials have focused the majority of their time and funding for gay health on AIDS. Advocates within the homosexual community want to see the reach of these efforts expanded now that AIDS is better understood. With powerful drug ...More
August 16, 2001
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Advocacy Group Seeks Ban on Cadaver Brain Tissue Use

WASHINGTON, DC-The Public Citizen Health Research Group is asking officials from the Food and Drug Administration to prevent physicians from using cadaver brain tissue in surgeries. They argue this practice is responsible for transmitting the genetic form of ...More
August 16, 2001
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Pharmacist's Diluting Sends FBI Searching

KANSAS CITY, Mo-The FBI has set up a hotline to answer questions for any person who may have received chemotherapy treatment from Courtney's Research Medical Tower Pharmacy in Kansas City. Robert R. Courtney surrendered yesterday to the FBI after it was discovered he had ...More
August 16, 2001
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Hep C May Kill More than AIDS

ATLANTA, Ga-Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that the hepatitis C virus (HCV) will be more lethal than AIDS by 2010. The prediction comes only 12 years after the discovery of the blood-borne viral disease. Today, there are 10,000 ...More
August 15, 2001
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CDC Changes Name of Hospital Infection Program

ATLANTA, Ga-Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have decided to change the name of the Hospital Infections Program (HIP). The program will now be known as the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP). The division has been reorganized ...More
August 15, 2001
Posted in News
Asian Sex Trade Promotes AIDS

HANOI, Vietnam-The sex trade in Asia is growing quickly, leaving AIDS victims in its wake. While many countries in Asia are trying desperately to educate the public about method of infection and prevention of the disease, the attitudes of people are changing and becoming ...More
August 13, 2001
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