Wang, et al. (2022) report that the first wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in mainland China was declared controlled after April 2020. Since then, the origins of all…
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Following a mild flu season in 2021-2022, due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic, public health experts and hospital epidemiologists are cautioning against complacency regarding a potentially severe influenza season…
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Reporting a positive or negative test result just became easier through a new website from the National Institutes of Health. MakeMyTestCount.org, developed through NIH’s Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx®) Tech…
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To study how best to treat potentially dangerous infections commonly seen in people with underlying chronic medical conditions, two infectious disease experts at Johns Hopkins Medicine have been awarded $10…
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People who have a COVID-19 infection are more likely to develop seizures or epilepsy within the next six months than people who have an influenza infection, according to a study…
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A new study in Nature Communications from the Department of Biology, University of Oxford has found the first direct evidence of antibiotic resistant bacteria migrating from a patient’s gut microbiome…
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A new study in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry has found that substances used in antiseptics that replaced high-use antimicrobials appear to have little to no adverse effects at concentrations found…
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Multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) carriage may have an adverse impact on the quality of life of carriers, in particular those who have experienced hospital precautionary measures. This study by Baron, et…
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A blood test taken at the time of Covid-19 infection could predict who is most likely to develop long Covid, suggests a new small-scale study led by University College London…
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In the second in series of updates on guidance for infection control in acute-care hospitals, five medical organizations are recommending best practices for preventing hospital-associated pneumonia. Pneumonia is the most…
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Electronic medical records (EMR) are digital versions of the paper charts in doctors’ offices and hospitals that contain notes and information collected by and used for healthcare providers. The digitally…
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