Abstract Background:Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is the most frequently reported hospital-acquired infection in the United States. Bioaerosols generated during toilet flushing are a possible mechanism for the spread of this pathogen in clinical settings. Objective:To measure the bioaerosol concentration from toilets of patients with CDI before and after flushing. Design: Credit: iStock, Panama7 Read more… The [...]

Highlights •    Dry eye symptoms are among top-two in office environments. •    The composition of the eye tear film is critical for its stability. •    Environmental and occupational risk factors alter the eye tear film stability. •    A destabilized eye tear film is more vulnerable to air pollution. •    Perceived [...]

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Over the weekend at least 43 people, including a pregnant woman, were killed in Beni, one of the epicenters of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s current Ebola outbreak, as officials tallied eight new cases of the deadly disease. The rebel terrorist organization Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) likely conducted the attacks, according to the Associated [...]

Significance When multiple pathogens cocirculate this can lead to competitive or cooperative forms of pathogen–pathogen interactions. It is believed that such interactions occur among cold and flu viruses, perhaps through broad-acting immunity, resulting in interlinked epidemiological patterns of infection. However, to date, quantitative evidence has been limited. We analyzed a large collection of diagnostic reports [...]