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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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Safety-Kleen Announces Financial Results

COLUMBIA, SC-Safety Kleen has announced their financial results for their fiscal year, which ended August 31. The company is reporting a loss before extraordinary items of $833 million on revenues of $1.58 billion. The company has also restated financial results for fiscal ...More
July 10, 2001
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Manufacturers jointly develop vaccines that make injections obsolete

Netherlands-based Crucell N.V. and Vaxin, Inc. of Birmingham, Ala. announce they will jointly develop new types of vaccines that can be administered to patients in a needleless, non-invasive manner. The two companies will combine Crucell's PER.C6( cell line and related ...More
July 10, 2001
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Elderly Do Not Recognize Symptoms of AIDS

WESTPORT, CT-Those who are 50 years old or older are less likely to be diagnosed with AIDS before it is in its full blown stage, especially if the patient is not white. A new study from the UCLA Department of Medicine followed 2864 HIV-infected people who were receiving ...More
July 9, 2001
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African Nomads Help Conquer Guinea Worm Disease

ALEK, Sudan-When the Tuaregs in northwest Africa began drinking their water through filtered straws, former President Jimmy Carter took notice. The Tuaregs devised their own method of protecting their nomadic tribe from a centuries old African plague-guinea worm disease. ...More
July 9, 2001
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UK Researchers: HIV Transmissible Via Oral Sex

LONDON-British health officials are warning that HIV risks from oral sex are higher than previously thought. A new study shows as many as 8% of men who have sex with men who are infected with HIV contracted the disease through oral sex. Although oral sex carries a much ...More
July 9, 2001
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Researchers Theorize about Manufacturing Human Eggs

LAUSANNE, Switzerland-Scientists have developed a theory to provide women with a plethora of viable eggs. Simply replace a cell here, take some chromosomes out there and voila! A human life might just be born. The new technique created by Gianpiero Palmero, MD, professor of ...More
July 5, 2001
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The Time is Now to Digitize Those Thermometers

CHICAGO-Officials from the American Academy of Pediatrics are asking doctors and parents to join the wave of technology that has brought thermometers from dangerous to digitized. Mercury thermometers should no longer be used, they say, because the mercury poses a threat to ...More
July 5, 2001
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Microbicide Wanted To Protect Women From AIDS

WASHINGTON, DC-Women are more susceptible to sexually transmitted diseases and are often not able to persuade their partner to use condoms. Many women feel helpless protecting themselves from AIDS and other diseases, especially in situations where domestic violence is more ...More
July 5, 2001
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Condoms Protect Women from HSV-2 Infections

WESTPORT, Ct-A new report published in The Journal of the American medical Association shows women are much less likely to become infected with herpes simplex virus type-2 (HSV-2) if their infected partner wears a condom. Anna Wald, MD, from the University of Washington in ...More
July 2, 2001
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Mad Cow Reaches Greece

ATHENS, Greece-Officials in Greece are reporting their first case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), more commonly known as Mad Cow disease. A 5-year-old dairy cow was at a slaughterhouse in Sidirokastro, when it was determined the animal was sick. Mandatory testing ...More
July 2, 2001
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