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Why Are Pediatric Hospitalizations for COVID-19 Increasing?

Why are R01 NIH Grants Such a Big Deal?

What is Fidelity in Research?

Internal and External Validity

Evidence Hierarchy: From The Laboratory to Reduced HAIs

While the Omicron variant sweeps the nation, now making up 95% of new cases, troubling statistics are emerging about a rise in pediatric...

The National Institutes of Health is the largest public funder of biomedical research around the globe. This support has led to life-saving...

We have all heard about validity and reliability in research. Validity tells us that your results actually measure what you wanted to measure....

Not all scientific studies are created equal. Some studies are well-designed, with results that stand up to the intense scrutiny, analysis, and...

What happens after laboratory tests confirm that an environmental product kills bacteria? Is that the end of the line for testing a product's...

The scientific method demands that researchers follow logical steps in their process to ensure that results are definitive. Without following these...

Recent news about a new variant of concern, Omicron, has dominated headlines. While we all try to keep up with the developing story, including how...

Discussion of the reduction of microorganisms in healthcare settings will often include the data as “log reductions.” To those of us more accustomed...

In scientific research, we test interventions to a problem and then measure the result: Did a medication improve patient outcomes? Did a training...

Those of us who work in the world of infection prevention can sometimes struggle to quantify our successes. While overall reductions in infection and...

How to Read a Scientific Journal Article

Scientific articles, also called academic or scholarly papers, are every-day reading for many professionals. For the average person, however, they...

Scientists around the world toil in their laboratories or in the field conducting research according to the scientific method. One of the final steps...

Health.Care | An Educational Blog

Why Are Pediatric Hospitalizations for COVID-19 Increasing?

Why are R01 NIH Grants Such a Big Deal?

What is Fidelity in Research?

Internal and External Validity

Evidence Hierarchy: From The Laboratory to Reduced HAIs

Why Are Pediatric Hospitalizations for COVID-19 Increasing?

Why are R01 NIH Grants Such a Big Deal?

What is Fidelity in Research?

Internal and External Validity

Evidence Hierarchy: From The Laboratory to Reduced HAIs

Science By Design: Types of Research Study Designs

WHO is the Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution?

Log Reduction: What does it mean?

P value: What's Chance Got to Do With It?

Leapfrog's Lives Lost-Lives Saved Report: Behind the Numbers

Anatomy of a Scientific Journal Article

Scientific Journals: From the Lab to the World