-
HIV research increasingly points to a connection between CD8 T cells and suppressed virus, but precisely how this works remains a mystery.
-
Investigators studying "elite suppressors," this unique group of HIV-infected individuals who can ward off illness from HIV for years or even decades, have found clues that might lead to powerful new treatments.
-
International HIV vaccine trials underway in resource-poor settings provide good examples of how clinical research (CR) can be done in both ethical and culturally-sensitive ways despite a wide variety of obstacles.
-
A husband and wife HIV transmission pair offer researchers a rare look at what happens when a long-term nonprogressor is compared over time with an elite suppressor.
-
-
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) has published a report about end-of-life care, emphasizing the importance of more personal and private discussions about the topic.
-
Proposed changes in a Joint Commission infection control standard may accelerate the trend toward mandatory influenza vaccination policies.
-
When Ocean Medical Center in Brick, NJ, and Meridian At Home care agency collaborated on a remote monitoring program for heart failure patients, the readmission rate for heart failure dropped from 14.93% before the program began to 4.84% in the first eight months of the pilot program.
-
The release by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of a proposed rule to govern the operation of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), a new form of organization that may consist of physicians, hospitals, other health care providers and suppliers, has drawn a mixture of praise and criticism from quality experts interviewed by HBQI.
-
Patient safety professionals are moving toward more prominence and stature in the health care community with the recent launch of the first professional organization devoted to their work.