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IDSA Survey Suggests ID Physician Compensation Doesn’t Match Their Value

April 12th 2018

Risk of Flexible Endoscopes, Including Gastroscopes and Echoendoscopes, Transmitting “Superbugs” Infections: An Important Update

April 12th 2018

The infection prevention and healthcare epidemiology community has continued to sound the alarm about outbreaks of CRE infections related to therapeutic gastrointestinal endoscopy cases in which contaminated and improperly reprocessed duodenoscopes and echoendoscopes were used during clinical procedures.

NIOSH Offers Free Fact Sheets on Respiratory Protection

April 11th 2018

Alcoholic Liver Disease Replaces Hepatitis C Infection as the Leading Cause of Liver Transplantation

April 11th 2018

Pepper Plant Absorbs Triclocarban

April 11th 2018

Even Short Travel Can Spread Colistin-Resistant Bacteria

April 11th 2018

Nearly 1 Billion People in Africa to be Protected Against Yellow Fever by 2026

April 11th 2018

Revision of MERS Screening Strategies Urgently Needed, Researchers Say

April 11th 2018

HHS Sponsors its Largest Exercise for Moving Patients With Highly Infectious Diseases

April 11th 2018

Strain, Disinfectant, Concentration and Contact Time Impact Disinfectant Efficacy

April 11th 2018

Researchers Compare Standard Cleaning to Passive Disinfection Cap for Decontamination of Needle-Free Connectors

April 11th 2018

Environmental Colonization of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in the ICU

April 11th 2018

Genetic Screening Tool Identifies How the Flu Virus Infiltrates Cells

April 11th 2018

How Do Children Develop Immunity to Malaria as They Become Older?

April 11th 2018

Specific Bacteria in the Small Intestine Are Crucial for Fat Absorption

April 11th 2018

Clostridium difficile Infection: Which Surgical Patients Are at Highest Risk?

April 11th 2018

Study Shows How Group B Strep Establishes In Utero Infection, Posing Risk to Baby

April 11th 2018

UTSA Researchers Explore Little-Known, Deadly Fungal Infections

April 10th 2018

DNA Testing Can Rapidly Solve Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreaks

April 10th 2018

Higher Risk of Infectious Disease With Both High and Low Cholesterol

April 10th 2018

How Intestinal Bacteria Can Affect Your Blood Sugar and Lipid Levels

April 10th 2018

NIH Scientists Develop Macaque Model to Study Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever

April 10th 2018

20-Year-Old Mystery of Malaria Vaccine Target Solved

April 10th 2018

A Novel Point-of-Care Assay for Hepatitis C

April 10th 2018

Scientists Uncover Details of Viral Infections That Drive Environmental, Human Health

April 10th 2018

Houston Methodist to Bring Successful Sepsis Reduction Program to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

April 10th 2018

A New Era Demands Immediate Action: Reduce the Escalating Spread of Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens

April 9th 2018

Vaccination Apathy Fueled by Decades of Misinformation

April 9th 2018

False Beliefs about Sexual Risk, Poor Physician-Patient Communication May Impede STD Screening in Young Women

April 9th 2018

Rats Sniff Out TB in Children

April 9th 2018

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