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Infection Control: is the discipline concerned with preventing nosocomial or healthcare-associated infection, a practical sub-discipline of epidemiology. It is an essential part of the infrastructure of health care.
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AUG 10, 2022Health & Medicine
Zoonotic diseases, which can jump from one species to another, are not unusual. As the world's population rises and the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2022Microbiology
This new approach could also be effective against many different types of RNA viruses.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Chagas Disease is caused by a parasite called T. cruzi. Primarily found in Latin America, it is transmitted to humans by ...Written By: Zoe MichaudAUG 07, 2022Microbiology
Polio is a disease caused by the poliovirus. Polio can cause flu-like symptoms like nausea, headache, fever, and sore th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
A singular injection of a monoclonal antibody treatment candidate has been shown as safe and highly protective in US adu ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 06, 2022Health & Medicine
Students at Boston University were told to get vaccinated and wear masks on campus. That has allowed people to attend cl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2022Health & Medicine
This year, 29 infants have been admitted to the Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center with human p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
With the 2020 Covid lockdowns still fresh in our minds, the recent outbreak of monkeypox in the United States has many p ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 02, 2022Immunology
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of infant hospitalization and a leading cause of death around the wor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2022Microbiology
A bacterium that causes a deadly tropical disease called meliodosis, sometimes known as Whitmore's disease, has been det ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2022Health & Medicine
The SARS-CoV-2 virus has continued to evolve since the start of the pandemic, and we've moved down the list of variants ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 18, 2022Microbiology
For the first time, Marburg virus has been detected in Ghana after two people died from the disease. Marburg virus is si ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 15, 2022Health & Medicine
Variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, have been continuously emerging since the start of the pandemic. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 13, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
In Malaysia in the fall of 1998, a mystery ailment swept through the local pig-farming community, eventually leading to ...Written By: Zoe MichaudJUL 11, 2022Immunology
New research has suggested that inflammation in the gut can reach far beyond the digestive system to affect other areas, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Long COVID is a term used to describe a wide variety of health problems that some people experience after an infection o ...Written By: Zoe MichaudJUL 08, 2022Immunology
Some common bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus have both harmless and pathogenic versions. While staph is often harmles ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
As covered by Labroots in 2017, Powassan virus is an often-lethal tick-borne virus that currently has no treatment. Thou ...Written By: Zoe MichaudJUL 05, 2022Cardiology
A new study has shown that gut bacteria reduce the effectiveness of some blood pressure medications.Written By: Savannah LoganJUL 05, 2022Immunology
Researchers have created a new 'universal' flu vaccine, which is directed against type A influenza viruses. It w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 03, 2022Neuroscience
Olfactory loss- or loss of smell- reduces enjoyment in eating and cooking. The corresponding study was published in Food ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 02, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Though there is no standard of normal aging, people with HIV tend to get age-related diseases at younger ages compared t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2022Immunology
Smallpox is caused by the variola virus, which can be spread though infectious droplets that are exhaled as people talk, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have found that when people have a Zika or dengue virus infection, they release a molecule that can attract ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2022
Health & Medicine
Zoonotic diseases, which can jump from one species to another, are not unusual. As the world's population rises and the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2022
Microbiology
This new approach could also be effective against many different types of RNA viruses.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Chagas Disease is caused by a parasite called T. cruzi. Primarily found in Latin America, it is transmitted to humans by
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
AUG 07, 2022
Microbiology
Polio is a disease caused by the poliovirus. Polio can cause flu-like symptoms like nausea, headache, fever, and sore th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
A singular injection of a monoclonal antibody treatment candidate has been shown as safe and highly protective in US adu
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 06, 2022
Health & Medicine
Students at Boston University were told to get vaccinated and wear masks on campus. That has allowed people to attend cl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2022
Health & Medicine
This year, 29 infants have been admitted to the Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center with human p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
With the 2020 Covid lockdowns still fresh in our minds, the recent outbreak of monkeypox in the United States has many p
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 02, 2022
Immunology
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of infant hospitalization and a leading cause of death around the wor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2022
Microbiology
A bacterium that causes a deadly tropical disease called meliodosis, sometimes known as Whitmore's disease, has been det
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2022
Health & Medicine
The SARS-CoV-2 virus has continued to evolve since the start of the pandemic, and we've moved down the list of variants
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2022
Microbiology
For the first time, Marburg virus has been detected in Ghana after two people died from the disease. Marburg virus is si
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 15, 2022
Health & Medicine
Variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, have been continuously emerging since the start of the pandemic.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 13, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
In Malaysia in the fall of 1998, a mystery ailment swept through the local pig-farming community, eventually leading to
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
JUL 11, 2022
Immunology
New research has suggested that inflammation in the gut can reach far beyond the digestive system to affect other areas,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Long COVID is a term used to describe a wide variety of health problems that some people experience after an infection o
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
JUL 08, 2022
Immunology
Some common bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus have both harmless and pathogenic versions. While staph is often harmles
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
As covered by Labroots in 2017, Powassan virus is an often-lethal tick-borne virus that currently has no treatment. Thou
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
JUL 05, 2022
Cardiology
A new study has shown that gut bacteria reduce the effectiveness of some blood pressure medications.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
JUL 05, 2022
Immunology
Researchers have created a new 'universal' flu vaccine, which is directed against type A influenza viruses. It w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2022
Neuroscience
Olfactory loss- or loss of smell- reduces enjoyment in eating and cooking. The corresponding study was published in Food
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 02, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Though there is no standard of normal aging, people with HIV tend to get age-related diseases at younger ages compared t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2022
Immunology
Smallpox is caused by the variola virus, which can be spread though infectious droplets that are exhaled as people talk,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have found that when people have a Zika or dengue virus infection, they release a molecule that can attract
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch