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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
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'Passive payer' no more: New CMS requirements hitting hospital budgets
A broad array of new federal regulations on health care associated infections (HAIs) continue to come on line in 2014 and beyond, tying infection prevention more directly to the hospital bottom line than at any time in the field's history. -
Beyond flu, SHEA calls for vaccine mandates
Targeting HCWs for all ACIP recommended shots -
Q&A: The passion of Denise Murphy
Everyday people tell their story about loved ones lost to infections. -
CMS doc outlines HAI prevention efforts
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Inconvenient truth: The profit of some infections
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New HAI data posted on CMS Hospital Compare
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Sofosbuvir and Ledipasvir combo Therapy for HCV: End game for interferon?
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is an important global health issue that affects approximately 184 million people. Conventional therapy for HCV with interferon and ribavirin is associated with high rates of virological failure and severe side-effects. -
Epidemiology of TB in Young Children
TB rates among pre-school aged children in the United States are 32 times higher in foreign-born children and six times higher in U.S.-born children with at least one foreign-born parent, compared to U.S.-born children with U.S.-born parents. -
Gene-Modified CD4+ T-cells Infused in HIV Patients may be a Promising Treatment
Autologous CD4+ T-cells modified to delete CCR5 by Zinc-finger nuclease (ZFN) were infused into 12 HIV-infected patients. Cells survived in the circulation of patients and provided some control of viral replication and immune reconstitution after interruption of antiretroviral therapy.