Health.Care | An Educational Blog

The Horrors of Biofilms: Like Jason, They Keep Coming Back

Attack of the Killer Slime: It's not a B-Movie, It's a Biofilm

HAIs In The Time of COVID-19

Bacteria's 3 Real Estate Requirements (and only one of them is LOCATION)

3 Ways to Get Ready for the "Twindemic": Flu & COVID-19

We experience the ickiness and inconvenience of biofilms every day. From slow drains to tooth plaque, biofilms surround us because bacteria surround...

In last week's post, we examined the three things required for bacteria to form a biofilm: Moisture, nutrients, and a surface. Once these biofilms...

When the cases of COVID-19 started to explode in the spring of 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) suspended reporting of...

Imagine a wandering nomadic tribe, toiling by day to find enough food to survive, sleeping only in short bursts in attempts to avoid predators. One...

As weather in the Northern Hemisphere gets cooler, our flu season begins. While social distancing and mask-wearing has kept the flu season at reduced...

There are may different pathogens that cause HAIs. Researchers have studied which of these infectious agents tend to cause infections, how those...

3 min read.

Wildfires and Infection

Erica Mitchell

September 9 2020

Over the past week, firefighters have been working to control record setting fires throughout California. These are lethal fires, consuming entire...

Lately, conversations about herd immunity and COVID-19 have been taking place around TV news desks and family dining room tables: Could herd immunity...

Today's post wraps up the usual suspects when it comes to pathogens contributing to hospital acquired infection. These pathogens, while less...

Regulations help make sure that people and companies behave properly, especially when it comes to health and safety. The Environmental Protection...

A major part of controlling an outbreak is contact tracing - tracing back all the contacts an infected person had while contagious and having those...

Data about the ongoing pandemic is introducing the general public to a very familiar topic in epidemiology: Epi curves. These displays of data help...

Health.Care | An Educational Blog

The Horrors of Biofilms: Like Jason, They Keep Coming Back

Attack of the Killer Slime: It's not a B-Movie, It's a Biofilm

HAIs In The Time of COVID-19

Bacteria's 3 Real Estate Requirements (and only one of them is LOCATION)

3 Ways to Get Ready for the "Twindemic": Flu & COVID-19

The Horrors of Biofilms: Like Jason, They Keep Coming Back

Attack of the Killer Slime: It's not a B-Movie, It's a Biofilm

HAIs In The Time of COVID-19

Bacteria's 3 Real Estate Requirements (and only one of them is LOCATION)

3 Ways to Get Ready for the "Twindemic": Flu & COVID-19

Pathogen, Persistence, and Prevalence

Wildfires and Infection

Herd Immunity: Is It Possible Without A Stampede?

The Final Round-Up of Pathogens Causing Hospital-Acquired Infections

Emergency Regulations During A Pandemic

Where Are We on National Contact Tracing?

So Many Disease Graphs: What Do They Mean?