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Link Between Antibiotics and Biofilms

Researchers from USC and the Oak Crest Institute of Science have discovered the link between antibiotics and bacterial biofilm formation leading to ...read more

Anthrax Incident Points to Safety Issues

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report today that reviews the early June incident that involved the ...read more

Tetanus Infection

The CDC offers information on tetanus infection caused by Clostridium tetani. ...read more

Healthcare Reform

Infection prevention's role in quality improvement initiatives is becoming more of an imperative within the overall efforts by healthcare ...read more

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Study Helps Scientists Better Understand Why HIV Causes Life-Long Infection

HIV has the ability to integrate into the human genome, making it extremely difficult to cure the infection. A new study by scientists at Seattle Children’s Research Institute, University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center found that when HIV ...More
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Researchers Discover How Dengue Suppresses the Human Immune System

Scientists have discovered a new pathway the dengue virus takes to suppress the human immune system. This new knowledge deepens our understanding of the virus and could contribute to the development of more effective therapeutics. For years, the conventional approach to ...More
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GSK Begins Shipping 2014-15 U.S. Flu Vaccines

GSK announced today it has begun shipping FLUARIX® QUADRIVALENT (influenza vaccine) doses to U.S. healthcare providers. This is the first shipment of GSK’s U.S. flu vaccine supply for the flu season, following licensing and lot-release approval from the U.S. ...More
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New Assay That Identifies Fake Malaria Drugs Could Save Thousands of Lives

Chemists and students in science and engineering at Oregon State University have created a new type of chemical test, or assay, that’s inexpensive, simple, and can tell whether or not one of the primary drugs being used to treat malaria is genuine – an enormous ...More
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Identifying Newly Diagnosed HIV-Infected People Using Electronic Medical Records

A new, validated software-based method for identifying patients with newly diagnosed HIV using electronic medical records (EMRs) is described in AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. Providing medical care early on to people with newly diagnosed HIV infection is important ...More
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Protein's 'Hands' Enable Bacteria to Establish Infection, Research Finds

When it comes to infecting humans and animals, bacteria need a helping hand. Kansas State University biochemists have found the helping hand: groups of tiny protein loops on the surface of cells. These loops are similar to the fingers of a hand, and by observing seven ...More
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Study Finds Likely Origin of Virulent Lung Fungus Invading Pacific Northwest

Cryptococcus gattii, a virulent fungus that has invaded the Pacific Northwest is highly adaptive and warrants global "public health vigilance," according to a study by an international team led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen). C. gattii, which likely ...More
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Rollout Strategy is Key to Battling India's TB Epidemic

A new study led by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers suggests that getting patients in India quickly evaluated by the right doctors can be just as effective at curbing tuberculosis (TB) as a new, highly accurate screening test. While ideally all ...More
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Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa: 158 New Cases

The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to closely monitor the evolving Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The current epidemic trend in Sierra Leone and Liberia remains serious, with high numbers of new cases and deaths being ...More
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AAMI Offers Webinar on Current Issues in Medical Device Risk Management

The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) will offer a webinar on "Current Issues in Medical Device Risk Management" on Aug. 14, 2014 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET. With the increasing complexity of medical devices, device product recalls, and ...More
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