Healthcare Worker Visits Increase Screening for Hepatitis B Among Hmong Americans
April 23rd 2013In the first study of its kind, healthcare workers were effective in increasing screening rates for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and enhancing knowledge about the disease among a group of Asian Americans, known as the Hmong, UC Davis researchers have found. The study was published online today in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
University Partner Company is Designing New Pathogen ID Device
April 22nd 2013A company hatched as a partnership between The University of Alabama in Huntsville and chemical engineering professor Dr. Krishnan Chittur is in the design phase for a device that can provide physicians one-hour pathogen testing capabilities.