Epidemiology is a branch of medicine that studies the way disease moves through human populations, from outbreak to control. The word epidemic itself...
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January is the month of predictions for the upcoming year. These past weeks, a number of forums posted their predictions for the 2016 year in...
We love infographics. The way one image can convey complex information in an accessible, shareable format makes infographics one of the quickest...
In late 1999, the Institute of Medicine published To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System, a landmark report that brought the nation’s...
Over the past year, we have started to build a library of helpful resources about healthcare topics ranging from hospital-acquired infections to...
This past week, Vox published a series of articles by Sarah Kliff as a part of its year-long examination of fatal medical harm. The "Do No Harm"...
Most of the attention regarding antibiotic-resistant MRSA is found in hospitals and healthcare settings, places where strains of the common ...
Today's medical and consumer markets are flooded with products touting the benefits of nanoparticles. There are countless products that claim to...
When we think of metal, we tend to think of hard, heavy, durable material used to make everything from springs to skyscrapers. The discovery and use...
Often the words of a concerned family member capture the experience of infection control far better than any researcher or specialist. We read with...
We have so many individuals to be thankful for when it comes to advances in healthcare. From the author of the Kahun medical papyrus, dated at 1800...