Avian flu cases have spiked around the globe in recent weeks, devastating bird populations and making headlines. The spread of the illness, caused by the H5N1 virus, has resulted in 58 million bird deaths since last fall—driving ...
Apr 27, 2023
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Racial minorities in the United States are less likely to receive treatment for prostate cancer and, overall, have worse survival outcomes compared to individuals who are white. Typically, patient-level and physician-level ...
Mar 13, 2023
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Accurate linking of an individual's medical records from disparate sources within and between health systems, known as patient matching, plays a critical role in patient safety and quality of care, but has proven difficult ...
Jan 17, 2023
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Spinal injections of a common anesthetic may help clear the inflammatory skin condition psoriasis, a small pilot study suggests.
Aug 15, 2022
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The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF), a related organization of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), has released a statement on the criminalization of medical errors with a call to action to all health ...
May 26, 2022
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A new study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC), suggests that health care facilities can significantly reduce the incidence of hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infection (HO-CDI) by ...
May 12, 2022
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After the start of the SARS-C0V-2 pandemic, investigators from ResearchPath LLC and their collaborators at Rutgers University quickly dedicated resources to develop accurate and reliable COVID-19 testing. As variants emerged, ...
Mar 17, 2022
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Medical imaging is one of the most widely used diagnostic tools in health care with providers ordering dozens of imaging studies for their patients every day. These studies are used to gain information about certain symptoms ...
Mar 16, 2022
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Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers recently reported that while two doses of a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—confers some protection for people who have received solid organ transplants, it ...
Jun 4, 2021
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Once, getting vaccinated was all but routine. But since the heightened public awareness around the new COVID-19 vaccines, it's a different story. Now, it means check-ins with family and friends about possible arm soreness ...
May 8, 2021
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