Two ingredients make for a perfect environment for pathogens: Warmth and moisture. No season better provides this environment than summer. Just...
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Social media has become integrated into our daily lives more than any other technology. To date, 3 out of 4 American adults have a Facebook account,...
Eradicating pathogens from environmental surfaces in hospitals is a daily fight. Keeping bacteria from reproducing on surfaces, finding reservoirs in...
As a general consumer, one most likely has little need to know the difference between a treated article claim and a public health claim. However, as...
According to Dr. Meghan Lyman, lead author of a study on the rapid increase of Candida auris cases in the United States, there are 4 action items...
Whenever a product with EPA-registered Public Health Claims puts those claims in writing, you'll see an * or t after the word bacteria or germs. For...
Almost every country has a government agency responsible for the health and safety of its citizens and its environment. Where those two departments...
In our previous posts about DALYs and QALYs, we have defined the terms and presented how the healthcare field calculates these two measures of...
Many products in the marketplace have an EPA registration. What does that mean? An Environmental Protection Agency's Registered Public Health Claim...
In the first part of this series, we explored how quality of life is calculated, a complex process used by healthcare researchers as they attempt to...
How do you put an economic value on a human life? Why would you ever want to? As difficult as this quantification may be, it is a necessary practice...
Large-scale healthcare projects, from new projects to renovations, face a challenging future. After the tedious process of securing permits and...