Laboratory-Acquired Infections and the Pandemic. Too Much Speculation, Not Much Action! (Part 1)
By now, we all have heard the latest Wall Street Journal news (1) stating that the U.S. Energy Department believes that the Covid pandemic...
A case for “HEPA” and Air Filtration
One of the many lessons learned during the last two years of Covid was that one of the most significant ways the virus was...
Infectious Disease Prevention and Protection by Quarantine?
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has released its publication on “Improving the CDC Quarantine Station Network’s Response to Emerging Threats" (1)....
TIPS Science to Market®: New Products to Look for at ISSA 2022
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The Infection Prevention Strategy (TIPS) is pleased to showcase new...
It’s the gut, stupid! Aligning the Immune Connection with Viral Infections
In 1992 during the successful presidential campaign of Bill Clinton, his campaign manager James Carville blurted out “it’s the economy, stupid”. As the story...
The Impacts of the Social Determinants of Health in a Pandemic World
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In a commencement address at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, the White House Chief Medical Advisor, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said that COVID-19 “has uncovered...
Another Public Health Crisis Looms, but there is no Vaccine for this One
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasing threat to global public health; as such, one might expect there to be a handful of solid solutions,...
The Truth About Sanitizing and Disinfecting
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic made its horrific debut, we have all seen some rendition of this scenario: airplane personnel scurrying down the aisles...
How Can We Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance?
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The good news is that there are now two effective COVID-19 vaccines now available in the USA, one from Pfizer and the other from...
Call to Action: COVID-19 Collaboration and Need for a Multidisciplinary Approach
While the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 may not have come to a surprise to many of us, the current reality of day-to-day life during the...