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HAIs and Women's Health: The Most Common Infections

5 Facets of Patient Safety

Women in Microbiology: Dr. Abigail Salyers

Modifiable Risk Factors: The Courage to Change the Things We Can

From Lab Notes to Legacy: Inside the Center for the History of Microbiology Archives (CHOMA)

Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), also called healthcare-associated infections, affect millions of patients every year. Most of these infections...

Patient safety is a topic we often cover in this blog; it is a central concern of anyone involved in the healthcare industry. However, we may not...

Radical. Unconventional. Irreverent. Dr. Abigail Salyers entered the field of microbiology as an outsider and ended up bringing the field into a new...

The Serenity Prayer is a well-known piece of advice about how to approach life's challenges. In it, the speaker asks for serenity to accept the...

There are libraries of just comic books, collections dedicated to the world of punk music, archives of peace activism artifacts, and innumerable...

Less than a century ago, in a world without antibiotics and limited treatments for infections, the leading causes of death were infections -...

For many of us, Valentine's Day means chocolates, flowers, fancy meals and romantic evenings. Would you be surprised to hear that bacteria plays an...

February marks a month to celebrate the vital role of African-Americans in our nation's history. Today, we will take some time to recognize an...

In a Baltimore, MD laboratory in the 1970s, a researcher made a discovery that would revolutionize our ability to detect the presence of microscopic...

In 2000, the measles was declared officially eliminated in the United States. Infections still occurred, but they were rare, originated outside the...

In 1948, in the shadow of World War II, the United States became one of the first countries to join the newly formed World Health Organization (WHO)....

Medical researchers have in recent years placed more emphasis on the non-medical conditions that impact patient health and outcomes. Collectively...

Health.Care | An Educational Blog

HAIs and Women's Health: The Most Common Infections

5 Facets of Patient Safety

Women in Microbiology: Dr. Abigail Salyers

Modifiable Risk Factors: The Courage to Change the Things We Can

From Lab Notes to Legacy: Inside the Center for the History of Microbiology Archives (CHOMA)

HAIs and Women's Health: The Most Common Infections

5 Facets of Patient Safety

Women in Microbiology: Dr. Abigail Salyers

Modifiable Risk Factors: The Courage to Change the Things We Can

From Lab Notes to Legacy: Inside the Center for the History of Microbiology Archives (CHOMA)

Presidents and Pathogens

Bacteria: Our Funny Valentine

American Medical Hero: William A. Hinton

Emmett W. Chappelle: Father of Bioluminescence

The Return of the Measles: Forgetting the Lessons of the Past

What the U.S. Leaving the WHO Means for Global Health—and Our Own

Social Determinants of Health and Infection Control