Will Your Genes Work For or Against You During this Pandemic?
The COVID-19 Pandemic has uncovered significant flaws in both our societal and individual physiologic responses to novel viral infections. Individually, in the absence of...
Zika Cases Confirmed in North America: Time to Panic?
Updated: Tuesday February 2, 2016
Abstract:
Background: Vector-borne diseases are defined primarily by how they are spread. While many insects and arachnids can spread a diverse...
The Language of Zika Virus Testing
Abstract:
When a new virus emerges or an old one re-emerges, one of the earliest conversations is about whether there exist good tests to detect...
Reduction of HAIs with a Novel Yankauer Storage Solution
Abstract
The Yankauer suction instrument is the most widely used suction instrument in the world. It is used in many medical settings including emergency departments,...
Case Fatality Rate – What Does it Mean?
In the science of epidemiology, one term that often comes up is “case fatality rate.” Most of us know that it has something to...
A Preliminary Field-Relevant Test to Assess Decontamination of High-Touch Environmental Surfaces: Testing with Staphylococcus...
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Editor’s note:
Editor’s note: The following work represents the preliminary work being performed by the authors. The study was sponsored by Process...
TIPS Sudden Science Trial #1019802: Floor-Based UV Disinfection
We are seeking up to twenty (20) facilities within the USA and Canada
to use the FloorX device for a 90-day trial period.
THIS OPPORTUNITY...
Antibiotic Resistance – The return of the Four Horsemen
Abstract:
Antibiotics are almost single-handedly responsible for eliminating deaths and mortality caused by infectious disease. However, antibiotic resistance is disseminating among deadly pathogens, returning us...
Call for Critical Appraisals: Humidity and Influenza
Abstract
The Journal of Infectious Disease recently published the article, ‘Influenza Virus Infectivity Is Retained in Aerosols and Droplets Independent of Relative Humidity.’ The article...
The Future of Well-being is Residual: A New Era of Cleaning and Public Health
Introduction
In a world where disease prevention hinges on the battle against invisible microbes, the advent of residual sanitizers to augment traditional disinfection offers a...
