Promises to revolutionize how drug discovery teams guide their studies Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a revolutionary new method for identifying and cha... Read more
The overuse of antibiotics in medicine and agriculture has long been known to foster the emergence of germs that are resistant to drugs. On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and... Read more
Simply replacing the connector in the IV system in patients with central lines could help reduce deadly bloodstream infections, researchers at Georgia Regents University have found. A centra... Read more
Scientists at EPFL have developed a new method for making antimicrobial surfaces that can eliminate bacteria under a minute. The technology, now tested in a hospital, shows enormous potentia... Read more
Hospitals are synonymous with cleanliness and now Loyola University Health System is the first academic medical center in Illinois to take disinfection to futuristic levels. Nicknamed “Ralph... Read more
The huge value of vaccinating more children and young adults for influenza is being seriously underestimated The huge value of vaccinating more children and young adults for influenza is bei... Read more
They sweep. They swab. They sterilize. And still the germs persist. In U.S. hospitals, an estimated 1 in 20 patients pick up infections they didn’t have when they arrived, some caused... Read more
Compared with standard portable generators, CO emissions from the prototype machines were reduced by 90 percent or more Portable electric generators retrofitted with off-the-shelf har... Read more
Through the misuse and overuse of antibiotics, several types of bacteria have become resistant to drugs that were designed to kill them. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estima... Read more
Weekly music therapy sessions can have a positive effect on behaviour in children with autism, reports a paper in Pertanika Journal. In a study of 41 children, improvements were seen particu... Read more
“Our test will improve the accuracy of diagnosis, leading to the proper treatment of patients affected by WNV,” While the United States has largely been spared the scourge of mosquito-borne... Read more
UCSF-Led Research Team Targets Physiological Factors that Lead to Asthma Attack A new study that identifies ways to reduce the factors that lead to an asthma attack gives hope to asthma suff... Read more
Gives results in 20 to 40 minutes After decades of controversy, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new H.I.V. test on Tuesday that for the first time makes it possible for Americans... Read more
New Method for Infection Control in Hospitals PEORIA, IL — Thanks to some revolutionary new technology, the hardworking environmental services staff at Methodist Medical Center can be more t... Read more
Jet-injected drugs could improve patient compliance, reduce accidental needle sticks. Getting a shot at the doctor’s office may become less painful in the not-too-distant future. MIT... Read more
