Bacterial Infections
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Fear is a consideration in an age of bioterrorism
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Outbreak interventions for drug-resistant bugs
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CDC drafts performance measures for IC programs
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Defining Invasive Fungal Infections — More Than the Sum of the Individual Elements?
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Computer Decision Support for Antibiotic Prescribing
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Lab incidents divide scientists on research
A series of biosafety breaches in federal labs working with highly pathogenic agents has created a rift in the research community, with some calling for a moratorium until safety can be assured and other scientists arguing that this important work should continue with appropriate precautions to prepare for pandemics and bioterror attacks. -
CDC surges Ebola response, sends 50 more personnel
The ongoing record outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa is killing six out of every ten people infected. And that, grimly enough, is the good news. -
Out of Africa: Ebola cases come to U.S.
As the first two cases of Ebola ever treated in the U.S. were recently admitted to a special containment unit at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, clinicians and public health officials continued to reassure a jittery public that infection control measures would prevent transmission and contain the virus. -
Live smallpox long forgotten at the NIH
The most shocking of the recent laboratory mishaps and biosafety breaches was the discovery of a long-forgotten cache of live smallpox in a lab storage area at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. -
Nebraska biocontainment unit preparing for Ebola
Federal public health officials recently contacted clinicians at the Nebraska Biocontainment Patient Care Unit in Omaha to determine if the facility could house Ebola patients if needed as the record outbreak in Western Africa continues.