A potentially fatal superbug has infiltrated the newly opened Monash Children's Hospital, spreading to eight babies receiving special care at the facility. Routine testing at the end of last week discovered the presence of vancomycin resistant enterococcus (VRE), a bowel bacteria often resistant to antibiotics. To date, eight babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Special [...]
Executive Summary The increasing rate of emerging and reemerging zoonotic disease, along with threats and attempts by those with nefarious intent to attack food and agriculture, point to the need to exert more effort to eliminate vulnerabilities and reduce consequences associated with America’s agricultural sector. The Food and Agriculture (F&A) critical infrastructure sector produces, processes, [...]
Air pollution may decrease the size and shape of sperm, according to a newly published study in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Such widespread damage could result in infertility, the authors said. A team of researchers, led by Xiang Qian Lao of the Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, examined 6,475 [...]
The holiday season — the time that begins with Thanksgiving and ends with New Year’s Day — is a busy time. With holiday parties, shopping and family get-togethers, the last thing we want is to get sick. Unfortunately, the holidays are a prime time to fall ill. It’s so easy There are a couple of reasons why it [...]
The overuse of antibiotics has health advocates fearing it could kill 10 million people a year in the coming decades. Tens of thousands of people die globally each year from diseases unable to be treated because of resistance to antibiotics. Health authorities have blamed overprescribing doctors and farmers that inappropriately use the drugs on animals. [...]
The era of antibiotics that began almost a century ago is coming to an end. Diseases that were once easily treatable have become resistant to even the most potent antibiotics. Around the globe, drug-resistant infections claim hundreds of thousands of lives a year; according to one report, the toll of infectious disease deaths could rise to 10 [...]
By Janet Marroquin Experts from around the world have been sounding the alarm on the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) for years, declaring that with the current trend, previously preventable diseases will claim up to 10 million deaths annually by 2050. As governments and international agencies take heed and create formal strategies to combat AMR, audiences outside of [...]
Patient pathways analyses and care cascade analyses from several countries show that TB care is far from patient-centric Of the estimated 10.4 million tuberculosis patients in 2016, only 6.3 million patients were detected and officially notified, leaving a gap of 4.1 million. These 4.1 million patients are considered 'missing.' Where are they and why are they missing? [...]
Researchers from the UK and Netherlands have identified five distinct subgroups of eczema, a finding that helps explain how the condition can affect people at different stages of their lives. Doctors and patients have long known that the itchy skin condition can affect people in many different ways. Now Professor Sara Brown from the University [...]
An overview of disinfection, complete with example problems, as typically delivered in Clemson's EES 3030 Water Treatment Systems course in the Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences. The content follows Chapter 10 of the textbook "Water and Wastewater Engineering" by Mackenzie L. Davis. Specific topics covered include history of disinfection, regulations, chlorine reactions in [...]
