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Disease Prevention
Disease Prevention Infectious diseases are caused by microscopic organisms that live in other people, animals, or the environment and are too small to see. If you do not come into contact with them, you can prevent many infections and illnesses. While specific diseases are passed in specific ways, there are basic steps you can take to stay healthy and lower your risk of catching and spreading any infectious disease.
JUL 26, 2023 | 12:15 PM
Genetically modified cell models accelerate the development of safe and effective therapeutics, making them indispensable in the quest for new drugs. Through manipulation of cell line geneti...
JUN 28, 2023 | 8:00 AM
Laboratories performing diagnostic testing for infectious diseases have an obligation to meet the needs of multiple patient populations. With infectious disease, time it takes for reporting...
JUN 13, 2023 | 2:00 PM
Prompt and early diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is important to enable appropriate treatment and help prevent further transmission. Clinical testing labs require STI tes...
MAY 09, 2023 | 1:00 PM
Date: May 09, 2023 Time: 5:00am (PDT), 8:00pm (EDT), 2:00pm (CEST) Advances in high content imaging (HCI) have improved the use of cell culture to make a large number of comparisons within i...
APR 20, 2023 | 7:00 AM
Date: April 20, 2023 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) A recent systematic review found that more than half of known infectious diseases will be aggravated by climate hazards,...
FEB 28, 2023 | 11:00 AM
Date: February 28, 2023 Time: 11:00am (PST), 2:00pm (EST), 8:00pm (CET) Traditional methods of infection prevention to detect healthcare-associated outbreaks have remained unchanged for many...
FEB 28, 2023 | 8:00 AM
Date: February 28, 2023 Time: 8:00am (PST), 11:00am (EST), 5:00pm (CET) Prenatal infections can increase the risk of serious health complications including miscarriage, organ damage, birth...
FEB 21, 2023 | 10:00 AM
Date: February 21, 2023 Time: 10:00am (PST), 1:00pm (EST), 7:00pm (CET) The use of algorithms that alter patient medical care based on race has fallen under increasing criticism, as race-bas...
DEC 01, 2022 | 7:00 AM
Date: December 01, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PST), 10:00pm (EST), 4:00pm (CET) Achievement of the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets is in danger. Gaps are attributed to reaching key populations and equitable...
OCT 26, 2022 | 11:00 AM
Date: October 26, 2022 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) To control and monitor the epidemiology and diffusion of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV...
OCT 25, 2022 | 11:00 AM
Date: October 25, 2022 Time: 11:00am (PST), 2:00pm (EST), 8:00pm (CEST) Candida auris is a multi-drug resistant yeast that continues to be a global threat for infection and transmission in h...
OCT 19, 2022 | 10:30 AM
Learning Objectives: 1. Discuss the methods used to diagnose COVID-19. 2. Define the preventive approaches to COVID-19. 3. Discuss the treatment strategies for COVID-19....