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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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JAMA Viewpoint Examines Challenges in Providing Vaccine for Avian Influenza A(H7N9)

The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has published a Viewpoint, “Major Challenges in Providing an Effective and Timely Pandemic Vaccine for Influenza A(H7N9),” by Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH, of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and colleagues. ...More
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WHO Issues Update, Statement About the Novel Coronavirus Situation

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a statement regarding the currrent novel coronavirus situation in the Middle East. ...More
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Following CDC Protocols Cuts Dialysis Bloodstream Infections in Half

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released results of its Dialysis Bloodstream Infection Prevention Collaborative showing a 32 percent decrease in overall bloodstream infections and a 54 percent decrease in vascular access-related bloodstream ...More
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Global Warming Trends Contribute to the Spread of West Nile Virus to New Regions in Europe

Global warming trends have a significant influence on the spread of West Nile virus to new regions in Europe and neighboring countries, where the disease wasn’t present before, according to a new study by the University of Haifa. The study was commissioned by the European ...More
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CDC Releases Final West Nile Virus National Surveillance Data for 2012

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released the final 2012 national surveillance data for West Nile virus activity. A total of 5,674 cases of West Nile virus disease in people, including 286 deaths, were reported to CDC from 48 states (excluding ...More
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CLABSI Prevention Efforts Result in Up to 200,000 Infections Prevented in ICUs Nationwide

New research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that as many as 200,000 central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) have been prevented among patients in intensive care units (ICUs) since 1990. The study, published in the June ...More
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Lyme Disease Vaccine Shows Promise in Clinical Trial

The results of a phase 1/2 clinical trial in Europe of an investigational Lyme disease vaccine co-developed by researchers at Stony Brook University, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and at Baxter International Inc., a U.S.-based healthcare company, revealed it to be ...More
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New Test for H7N9 Avian Flu in China May Help Slow Outbreak, Prevent Pandemic

Breaking research appearing online today in Clinical Chemistry, the journal of AACC, demonstrates that a recently developed diagnostic test can detect the new strain of influenza (H7N9) currently causing an outbreak in China. Since the end of March, 31 people have died from ...More
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Scientists Confirm that Justinianic Plague was Caused by Yersinia pestis

From the several pandemics generally called 'pestilences' three are historically recognized as due to plague, but only for the third pandemic of the 19th through 21st centuries AD there were microbiological evidences that the causing agent was the bacterium Yersinia pestis. ...More
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MIT Study Identifies Flu Viruses Circulating in Pigs, Birds that Could Pose Risk to Humans

In the summer of 1968, a new strain of influenza appeared in Hong Kong. This strain, known as H3N2, spread around the globe and eventually killed an estimated 1 million people. A new study from MIT reveals that there are many strains of H3N2 circulating in birds and pigs ...More
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