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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 18, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
By Judy O’Rourke RECAPPING HISTORY BEFORE MAKING SOME It may seem like just yesterday, OK it was around 199 ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeNOV 18, 2016Plants & Animals
A maggot-like creature known as a screwworm is currently infesting half of a dozen of Florida’s islands – th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 17, 2016Microbiology
Researchers studying antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) found that patients with the disease have high levels of bacteria t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In 2014 and 2015, the Ebola outbreak ravaged West Africa, killed over 11,000 people, and caused a huge international hea ...NOV 15, 2016Immunology
Every day the cells of the human immune system have to make a decision: self or foreign? The wrong decision leads to aut ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 15, 2016Microbiology
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, and MIT are taking a novel approach to preventing and treating bact ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 11, 2016Microbiology
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the bacterium Francisella tularensis is highly infectious, and can s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2016Immunology
Two proteins serve as internal clocks for immune cells, a new system of regulation that defies most of what scientists t ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
By combining two experimental treatments, scientists say they’re closer than ever to a functional cure for HIV &nd ...NOV 08, 2016Microbiology
Your doctor thinks you may have sepsis - a condition where your body temperature shifts, and your heart and respiratory ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 06, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Neglected diseases are those that affect the world’s poor and are usually common in tropical areas. A new discover ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 05, 2016Videos
According to the Centers for Disease Control, although it remains rare in the United States and other parts of the devel ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 02, 2016Microbiology
Chances are you’ve heard of Lyme disease, but do you really know what causes it? Lyme disease is caused by ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 31, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have described a new kind of probe that improves investigators’ abilities to monitor the interactions o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 27, 2016Microbiology
The International Space Station has opened up myriad opportunities for scientists and the application of their research ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Earlier in August, I reported on the fourth case of a brain-eating freshwater amoeba infection. Now, health officials ha ...OCT 26, 2016Microbiology
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that every day, roughly one of 25 hospital patients carries at ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 25, 2016Immunology
Next-generation sequencing revealed a rare protein deficiency from an inherited genetic mutation as the cause of a sever ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 23, 2016Microbiology
Recurrent infections can be a serious problem for many patients. They can be longer lasting and more serious than a typi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 22, 2016Videos
In July of 1518, a sizable group of people in Strasbourg, France (as many as 400) appeared to have "contracted" a sudden ...OCT 19, 2016Immunology
A new class of anti-inflammatory drugs treats autoimmune disorders like rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis as expected, ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 19, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Crystallography Solves Unknown Structure of Novel Mosquito Toxin That Can Help Control ZikaWritten By: Jennifer EllisOCT 18, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Around the country, people who feel that telltale sign of sluggishness are opting for a quick fix at the clinic. The pro ...
NOV 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
By Judy O’Rourke RECAPPING HISTORY BEFORE MAKING SOME It may seem like just yesterday, OK it was around 199
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
NOV 18, 2016
Plants & Animals
A maggot-like creature known as a screwworm is currently infesting half of a dozen of Florida’s islands – th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 17, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers studying antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) found that patients with the disease have high levels of bacteria t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In 2014 and 2015, the Ebola outbreak ravaged West Africa, killed over 11,000 people, and caused a huge international hea
...
NOV 15, 2016
Immunology
Every day the cells of the human immune system have to make a decision: self or foreign? The wrong decision leads to aut
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 15, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, and MIT are taking a novel approach to preventing and treating bact
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 11, 2016
Microbiology
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the bacterium Francisella tularensis is highly infectious, and can s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2016
Immunology
Two proteins serve as internal clocks for immune cells, a new system of regulation that defies most of what scientists t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
By combining two experimental treatments, scientists say they’re closer than ever to a functional cure for HIV &nd
...
NOV 08, 2016
Microbiology
Your doctor thinks you may have sepsis - a condition where your body temperature shifts, and your heart and respiratory
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 06, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Neglected diseases are those that affect the world’s poor and are usually common in tropical areas. A new discover
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 05, 2016
Videos
According to the Centers for Disease Control, although it remains rare in the United States and other parts of the devel
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 02, 2016
Microbiology
Chances are you’ve heard of Lyme disease, but do you really know what causes it? Lyme disease is caused by
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 31, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have described a new kind of probe that improves investigators’ abilities to monitor the interactions o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 27, 2016
Microbiology
The International Space Station has opened up myriad opportunities for scientists and the application of their research
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Earlier in August, I reported on the fourth case of a brain-eating freshwater amoeba infection. Now, health officials ha
...
OCT 26, 2016
Microbiology
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that every day, roughly one of 25 hospital patients carries at
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 25, 2016
Immunology
Next-generation sequencing revealed a rare protein deficiency from an inherited genetic mutation as the cause of a sever
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 23, 2016
Microbiology
Recurrent infections can be a serious problem for many patients. They can be longer lasting and more serious than a typi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2016
Videos
In July of 1518, a sizable group of people in Strasbourg, France (as many as 400) appeared to have "contracted" a sudden
...
OCT 19, 2016
Immunology
A new class of anti-inflammatory drugs treats autoimmune disorders like rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis as expected,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 19, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Crystallography Solves Unknown Structure of Novel Mosquito Toxin That Can Help Control Zika
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
OCT 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Around the country, people who feel that telltale sign of sluggishness are opting for a quick fix at the clinic. The pro
...