Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Avoid E. coli with proper burger cooking

The return of the summer cookout brings with it the risk for sickness from a bacteria that can end up spoiling more than one meal. Cook hamburgers incorrectly, and you could end up with a case of E. coli.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Sterilizing surgical masks for safer reuse

The shortage of N95 and surgical masks has complicated efforts to control the COVID-19 pandemic and jeopardized the lives of health care workers, who are forced to reuse masks many times.

Medical research

A fast, portable medical lab that could test for COVID-19

Mechanical engineer Juan Santiago is an expert in microfluidics—compact chemistry labs that are increasingly being used to test various liquids for toxins, pollution, parasites, microbes and more. Santiago is working to ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Study identifies last-line antibiotic resistance in humans and pet dog

New research due to be presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) has identified the dangerous mcr-1 gene -which provides resistance to the last line antibiotic colistin—in ...

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