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Four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon has pledged his support of the Alabama tornado relief effort through the Jeff Gordon Children's Foundation, which is sending diapers, toiletries, shoes and clothing for babies and children affected by the destruction. Sanofi Pasteur announced today that it is making a donation of 5,500 doses of tetanus-containing vaccine, including 500 doses of Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis) vaccine in Gordon's name to Direct Relief International to aid victims of the recent storms in the Southeast and Midwest.

Common viral infections appear to play a role in why some critically ill patients struggle to recover, according to University of Florida researchers who studied how influenza and other infectious agents affect the health outcomes of patients in intensive care units.

Continued use of an alcohol-based hand sanitizer every few minutes could trigger a positive screen for alcohol use in certain types of tests, a University of Florida study confirms. However, UF researchers also discovered a potential biomarker that could allow tests to differentiate between drinking alcohol and exposure to hand sanitizers and other household products, according to Gary Reisfield, MD, an assistant professor in the department of psychiatry with the UF College of Medicine.