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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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NOV 15, 2024Microbiology
There are many processes and proteins that help the body fight a flu infection. One of them is known as IFITM3.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
The FDA has a site where people can check the expiration dates, and potential extensions on those dates, for at-home COV ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 23, 2024Microbiology
Bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics are a growing health problem. These problematic pathogens are already thought ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 21, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The world is still in its seventh cholera pandemic, which has been surging since 2021, and case rates in various countri ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 02, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract can have a massive influence on our bodies. Research has shown that the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 01, 2024Microbiology
In recent weeks, 27 cases of Marburg disease have been reported in the Republic of Rwanda, and nine patients have now di ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 23, 2024Microbiology
Scientists are starting to learn about what composes a healthy microbiome, such as the bacterial species and the molecul ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 01, 2024Microbiology
Microbes have been engaged in an arms race with one another that goes back for millennia. While we have been able to rev ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Are all bacterial cells in a group alike? It doesn't seem so. A population of bacterial cells may be heteroresistant...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2024Microbiology
Zoonotic diseases jump species to infect humans, and scientists have been studying the links in this transmission netwro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 24, 2024Microbiology
According to The Lancet, almost 5 million deaths were associated with antibiotic resistance in 2019 alone.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 23, 2024Microbiology
Whgile long COVID is still a serious risk affecting the lives of many people around the world, rates have declined for a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Ticks carry the bacterium, Borrelia burgdoferi, which causes Lyme disease. Lyme is becoming more common as the climate c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 10, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
When the body reacts to an infection, that reaction can spin out of control. If the activity of the immune system is not ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 24, 2024Microbiology
Antibiotics are used to fight bacterial infections, and unless there is a risk that a viral infection will lead to other ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 23, 2024Microbiology
Last fall, COVID vaccine booster shots were rolled out, and about 40 percent of US adults said they did not plan on gett ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 11, 2024Microbiology
Our skin is a natural barrier that protects our bodies from harm, and is also home to a community of microbes. But it se ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 07, 2024Earth & The Environment
Ultraviolet (UV) light is a form of electromagnetic radiation that has wavelengths from ten to 400 nanometers, which is ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2024Earth & The Environment
Frogs and toads around the world have been devastated by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a fungus that causes the d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2024Microbiology
Antibiotics are frequently used drugs that can eliminate and prevent bacterial infections. They might be used in the acu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 20, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Lyme disease, an infectious illness caused by bacteria called Borrelia burgdoferi, which are transmitted by tick bites. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 06, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Many of us wanted to get a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it was available, but someone took that to a wild extreme.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 28, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Lyme disease occurs when someone is bitten by a deer tick that is carrying pathogenic bacteria called Borrelia burgdorfe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 20, 2024Genetics & Genomics
In DNA, retrotransposons can move around and insert themselves into other parts of genomes with a kind of copy and paste ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2024
Microbiology
There are many processes and proteins that help the body fight a flu infection. One of them is known as IFITM3.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The FDA has a site where people can check the expiration dates, and potential extensions on those dates, for at-home COV
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 23, 2024
Microbiology
Bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics are a growing health problem. These problematic pathogens are already thought
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The world is still in its seventh cholera pandemic, which has been surging since 2021, and case rates in various countri
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 02, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract can have a massive influence on our bodies. Research has shown that the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2024
Microbiology
In recent weeks, 27 cases of Marburg disease have been reported in the Republic of Rwanda, and nine patients have now di
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 23, 2024
Microbiology
Scientists are starting to learn about what composes a healthy microbiome, such as the bacterial species and the molecul
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2024
Microbiology
Microbes have been engaged in an arms race with one another that goes back for millennia. While we have been able to rev
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Are all bacterial cells in a group alike? It doesn't seem so. A population of bacterial cells may be heteroresistant...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2024
Microbiology
Zoonotic diseases jump species to infect humans, and scientists have been studying the links in this transmission netwro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2024
Microbiology
According to The Lancet, almost 5 million deaths were associated with antibiotic resistance in 2019 alone.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 23, 2024
Microbiology
Whgile long COVID is still a serious risk affecting the lives of many people around the world, rates have declined for a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ticks carry the bacterium, Borrelia burgdoferi, which causes Lyme disease. Lyme is becoming more common as the climate c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
When the body reacts to an infection, that reaction can spin out of control. If the activity of the immune system is not
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 24, 2024
Microbiology
Antibiotics are used to fight bacterial infections, and unless there is a risk that a viral infection will lead to other
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 23, 2024
Microbiology
Last fall, COVID vaccine booster shots were rolled out, and about 40 percent of US adults said they did not plan on gett
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 11, 2024
Microbiology
Our skin is a natural barrier that protects our bodies from harm, and is also home to a community of microbes. But it se
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Ultraviolet (UV) light is a form of electromagnetic radiation that has wavelengths from ten to 400 nanometers, which is
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Frogs and toads around the world have been devastated by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a fungus that causes the d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2024
Microbiology
Antibiotics are frequently used drugs that can eliminate and prevent bacterial infections. They might be used in the acu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 20, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Lyme disease, an infectious illness caused by bacteria called Borrelia burgdoferi, which are transmitted by tick bites.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 06, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Many of us wanted to get a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it was available, but someone took that to a wild extreme.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 28, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Lyme disease occurs when someone is bitten by a deer tick that is carrying pathogenic bacteria called Borrelia burgdorfe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 20, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
In DNA, retrotransposons can move around and insert themselves into other parts of genomes with a kind of copy and paste
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch