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Swimming in the Seine: The Olympics and Water Safety

Flesh-Eating Bacteria: What Beach-Associated Infections Can Teach Us About HAIs

Endoscopes and Infection: Design Matters

The Fastest Epidemiologist in the World?

Endoscopy and Infection Risk

Will they or won't they? This was the question at the Olympics in Paris, France this past week as swimmers and fans waited to hear whether the...

It seems like it's not officially summer without at least once newspaper headline warning us about "flesh-eating bacteria" cases connected to popular...

There are four fundamental aspects of endoscopes that lead to infection: Intricate design, biofilm formation, human error during reprocessing, and...

The Paris Olympics are just around the corner, the first Summer Olympics since Covid forced the Tokyo games to delay a year. Epidemiologists are a...

Up until recently, the medical community has assumed that the infection rates in endoscopy centers was around 1:1,000,000 - a tiny risk for a...

The Plague, that is, an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, ravaged Europe during the 1400s, where it was known as "the Black...

As we enjoy summer, many of us are planning to travel to see loved ones or take a well-deserved vacation. A growing number of Americans are planning...

A young woman sits in a clinic halfway around the world, waiting for her COVID-19 vaccine. The entities involved in getting that vaccine to her, all...

In this blog, we have covered the rigorous protocol set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a product to make public health claims, that...

What do you do if you discover that 50% of your healthcare residents are colonized with a multi-drug resistant organism (MDRO)? You'd probably adjust...

This post is intended to provide historical background for some of today's medical treatments. It is not intended to provide medical advice or...

Artificial intelligence seems to be everywhere these days: Generating images that fill our social feeds and ads, answering our questions via...

Health.Care | An Educational Blog

Swimming in the Seine: The Olympics and Water Safety

Flesh-Eating Bacteria: What Beach-Associated Infections Can Teach Us About HAIs

Endoscopes and Infection: Design Matters

The Fastest Epidemiologist in the World?

Endoscopy and Infection Risk

Swimming in the Seine: The Olympics and Water Safety

Flesh-Eating Bacteria: What Beach-Associated Infections Can Teach Us About HAIs

Endoscopes and Infection: Design Matters

The Fastest Epidemiologist in the World?

Endoscopy and Infection Risk

"The Plague": Why News of this Disease is Nothing New

Medical Tourism and HAIs

Global Health Funding Channels

Not All "Antimicrobial Activity" Tests are the Same: Why the EPA Standard Exceeds JIS/ISO, ASTM and Others

Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Long-Term Care: A CMS Update

Copper: An Ancient Remedy That Actually Works

Artificial Intelligence and Infection Control: Current Research