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• Category: Acute and Intensive Care

  • Acute Kidney Injury is a Frequent Complication of COVID-19

  • Sepsis Management and Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs: Strengthening the Relationship

  • “I know how lucky and blessed I am. I know I could have died.” – Barb Hammond Shares Her Sepsis Survival Story

  • The Link Between the Flu, Secondary Infections, and Sepsis

  • Striking a Balance: The Struggle to Save Lives While Mitigating Antimicrobial Resistance in Sepsis Patients

  • September is Sepsis Awareness Month: Here’s What You Need to Know

  • Hepatitis Cases On the Rise in the US: What You Need to Know

  • Understanding the Threat of Group B Streptococcus Bacteria to Newborns and High-Risk Individuals

  • The Relationship Between Sepsis and COVID-19: What We Know

  • From Homes for the Ill to Institutions of Science and Technology: The Evolution of American Hospitals

  • Providing the Right Care at the Right Time: Using Diagnostic Tools to Triage COVID-19 Patients

  • Current Practices for Potential Prevention, Early Recognition, and Optimized Treatment of AKI

  • The Increasing Prevalence of Acute Kidney Injury with Advanced Age and Chronic Diseases

  • What is Acute Kidney Injury and Why Does it Matter?

  • Why Healthy Kidneys are Essential to Your Life and Well-being

  • Challenges in Patient Care: Nephrotoxic Antibiotics & Resistant Infections

  • Burn Patients Often Have Higher Rates of Multidrug-Resistant Infections—But There are Ways to Help

  • Antimicrobial Resistance Makes It Harder to Treat UTIs and Other Infections that Can Lead to Acute Kidney Injury

  • Quiz: Test Your Knowledge About the Flu!

  • bioMérieux Celebrates a Year of Progress with the CDC’s AMR Challenge

  • “Time is of the Essence and Minutes Matter” – Angie Myers Shares Her Sepsis Survival Story

  • Antibiotic Resistance Can Make It Difficult to Treat Bacterial Infections that Cause Sepsis

  • Diagnosing & Treating Sepsis: The Need for Speed

  • Life After Sepsis is Often Challenging

  • “Sepsis is Real and You Need to Take it Seriously” – Charles Clawson Shares His Wife’s Story

  • You make the call: How Would You Handle Getting Sick After Surgery?

  • The Cost of Sepsis in Lives and Dollars

  • “Don’t Ignore a Lingering Cold” – Anna Lopez Shares Her Fiancé’s Battle with Sepsis

  • “On the Front Lines” Webinar Series, September 12—New Technology and Workflow Optimization in the Microbiology Lab: Working Together to Improve Patient Care

  • CF Patient Shares How a Cold Led to News She Needed a Double Lung Transplant

  • On This Day in Humanity’s Battle against Infectious Disease: Discovery of HIV-1

  • Much of the Suffering Caused by Acute Kidney Injury is Avoidable

  • CDC Reports 230% Increase in Acute Kidney Injury Among Hospitalized Patients without Diabetes Between 2000 and 2014

  • Gary Black, Sepsis Survivor and Patient Advocate, Continues to Educate the Public on Post-Intensive Care Syndrome

  • 1.4 Million People Survive Sepsis Each Year—Up to Half Will Experience Post-Sepsis Syndrome

  • Father Encourages Earlier Pneumonia Testing After Daughter Dies of Flu Complications

  • Nurses Play a Critical Role in Infection Prevention, Treatment, & Antibiotic Stewardship

  • Fighting Antibiotic Resistance with “Day Zero” Infection Identification

  • U.S. House Resolution Seeks to Support Sepsis Awareness, Early Diagnosis, & Appropriate Intervention

  • Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital Study Finds PCT-Guided Antibiotic Therapy Effective for COPD Patients

  • Rapid Multiplex PCR Testing Detects Six Separate Pathogens in a Young Cystic Fibrosis Patient

  • Using Procalcitonin Measurements to Avoid Antibiotic Misuse in Patients with AECOPD

  • Dietary trehalose: A double-edged sword in diabetes and C. difficile infections?

  • The Necessity of Innovative Diagnostics in Controlling Antibiotic Resistance in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

  • World Sepsis Congress: Dads Share Their Daughters’ Battles with Sepsis

  • Season Ending Close Call with Sepsis for MLB Star Proves No One is Impervious to this Deadly Syndrome

  • Quick Facts About Sepsis

  • Six Symptoms of Sepsis

  • World Sepsis Congress: Discussing the Results of the ProACT Trial

  • World Sepsis Congress: Importance of Pathogen Detection and Sepsis Markers

  • Maryland Mom, Misdiagnosed with Flu, Survives Sepsis to Walk Down the Aisle

  • Can You Spot Sepsis?

  • Sepsis Deaths of a Young Mother and Six-Year-Old Boy in the UK Bring Attention to the Need for Rapid, Accurate Diagnosis & Timely Intervention

  • Unusual Case of Newborn with Salmonella Revealed with Rapid Diagnostics

  • As Public STEM Literacy Declines, So Does the Number of Simple Stories in Science

  • “If I had waited another hour, my husband would probably have died”

  • The Key Component that Sepsis Protocol and Antibiotic Stewardship Have in Common

  • Fighting Superbugs, Monsters of Our Own Creation Faster medical tests are essential to combating antibiotic resistance

  • Active Body-Builder Comes Close to Death Due to Late Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism

  • Severe Influenza Season of 2017-2018 is a Somber Reminder of Why Flu is One of the World’s Greatest Public Health Challenges, according to CDC

  • Category: Acute Kidney Injury
  • Category: Cancer
  • Category: Cystic Fibrosis
  • Category: Emergency Care
  • Category: Pneumonia
  • Category: Sepsis
  • Category: Urinary Tract Infections
• Category: Consumer Safety

  • Food Science: A Growing Field with Direct Impact on Public Health and Food Security

  • It’s National Food Safety Education Month: Protect Yourself from Foodborne Illnesses

  • USDA FSIS Announces Expansion of STEC Testing of Raw Beef Products

  • Innovating Food Safety with Smart Technology and Data Science at IFT’s SHIFT20

  • Diagnostics Help Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

  • Rising Production of Cannabis Products without Appropriate Testing May Pose Risks for Consumers

  • Food Safety is a Key Goal in World Food Day’s “Zero Hunger” Campaign

  • Dog Treats Recalled for Salmonella Contamination – What You Need to Know to Keep You and Your Dog Safe

  • Safety of Home Food Delivery Takes Center Stage at the 2019 IAFP Food Safety Conference

  • How Viral Testing Supports the Food Safety “Winnable Battle”

  • What You Should Know About Norovirus, the Leading Cause of Foodborne Illness in the US

  • What You Need to Know About Hepatitis A

  • FDA Now Testing Frozen Berries for Harmful Viruses

  • First Annual World Food Safety Day Raises Awareness of Foodborne Illness

  • Listeria and Salmonella Can Contaminate More than Just Ice Cream

  • Is Consuming Unpasteurized Milk Worth the Risk?

  • Category: Food Recalls
  • Category: Food Safety
  • Category: Foodborne Illness
  • Category: Foodborne pathogens
    • Category: Hepatitis A
    • Category: Listeria
• Category: Data

  • Tracking Viruses in Animal Populations Could Help Identify the Next Pandemic

  • The Worldwide Burden of Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis

  • Sepsis Continues to be Common Cause of Maternal Death Worldwide

  • Latest CDC Flu View Report Indicates High Flu Activity in Most States

  • Three Major Areas of Diagnostic Advancements in 2019

  • Flu Season Has Begun: Here’s the Latest Update

  • Global Infection Surveillance is Key for Flu Prevention Efforts

  • Viral Sepsis: How Much Do We Know?

  • Influenza Widespread Across the U.S. with 15 Pediatric Fatalities in Late February

  • Flu Vaccine Prevented 8,000 Deaths During 2017-2018 Flu Season, Study Finds

  • This Year’s Flu Season Currently Less Severe than 2017-2018, but Thousands Still Hospitalized

  • The 1918 Influenza Pandemic: A Global Catastrophe that Arrived in 3 Waves

  • An Underappreciated Innovation, Zapping Microbes With Lasers Has Helped Identify Pathogens Faster Since 2013

• Category: Heathcare Administration

  • Celebrate 2020 National Physician Assistant Week by Helping Fight Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

  • Category: Antimicrobial Stewardship

    • How Recent Research Has Paved the Way for Improvements in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Invasive Fungal Infections

    • Honoring Healthcare Workers and Patients in Underserved Communities During National Health Center Week 2020

    • How Companies Develop Diagnostics to Support Patient Care

    • Diagnostic Stewardship is a Key Driver of Antimicrobial Use: On the Front Lines Webinar Series

    • How Modern Quality Assurance Technologies Keep Dairy Products Safe and Nutritious

  • Category: Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs
  • Category: Compliance Standards

    • The Path to a COVID-19 Vaccine: Large-Scale Efficacy Testing Has Begun

  • Category: Diagnostics

    • What If We Couldn’t Diagnose Infectious Diseases?

    • Space Race Technology That Improved Our Health Here on Earth

    • On This Day in Humanity’s Battle Against Infectious Disease: Dr. Paul Ehrlich

    • Multiplex PCR Panels Offer a Valuable Addition or Alternative to Traditional Rapid Flu Testing

  • Category: Economics of AMR
  • Category: Electronic Health Record Systems (EHR)
  • Category: Healthcare Cost Savings
  • Category: Lab Efficiency
  • Category: Medical Supplies and Devices
  • Category: Nursing and Long-term Care
  • Category: Primary Care
  • Category: Public Health Policy
  • Category: Value of Diagnostics
• Category: Impact

  • How to Handle Illness Around the Holidays

  • Three Digital Advancements in Healthcare in 2019

  • Protect Your Family, Your Income, and Your Vacation Days—Get Your Flu Shot

  • How The Flu Can Lead to Pneumonia

  • Getting Your Flu Shot is No Fun—But Here’s Why It’s So Important

  • Infection Control Nurses: An Important Player in the Fight Against HAIs

• Category: Infectious Disease

  • LGBTQ in History: Strides in Preventive Medicine

  • Category: Antibiotic Resistance

    • Antimicrobial Resistant Infections in Livestock Can Affect Humans Too

    • Saving Lives and Healthcare Dollars with Infection Prevention Programs

    • COVID-19 Pandemic Presents Opportunities for Formal Integration of Antimicrobial Stewardship & Infection Prevention Programs

    • Clean Water, Sanitation, and Wastewater Management in Low-Income Communities May Help Mitigate Antimicrobial Resistance Worldwide

    • How Diagnostic Tests Help Doctors Treat Kids with Severe Infections

    • The Most Trusted Professionals in the U.S.: How Nurses Can Impact Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs

    • Infection Prevention Best Practices to Keep Patients Safe

    • Artificial Intelligence Offers a Ray of Hope in Developing Novel Antibiotics

    • Why We’re Facing a Potential Shortfall of New Antibiotics, and What We Can Do About It

    • We Can’t Rely on Development of New Drugs Alone to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance

    • Policies & Guidelines That Will Help Drive Antimicrobial Stewardship in 2020

    • New Funding, Guidance, & Research Help Combat Antimicrobial Resistance in Agriculture

    • Our “One Word” For 2020: Stewardship

    • Tracking the Evolution and Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance for Real-World Impact

    • New CDC Antibiotic Resistant Threats Report | The Scope of AMR is Greater Than Previously Estimated

    • Collaboration Is Key for ASP Implementation in Resource-Constrained Hospitals

    • Keys to Success for Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs

    • Food Production Is One of the Largest Causes of Antimicrobial Resistance

    • New CMS Rule on Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs Will Impact Hospitals Nationwide

    • “On The Front Lines” Webinar Series, October 10, 2019—Direct Measurement of Performance: A New Era in Antimicrobial Stewardship

    • bioMérieux Joins the Scientific World in Celebrating the Legacy of Stuart Levy, MD

    • FDA Approves a New Antibiotic to Treat Pneumonia

    • Number of Hospitals with Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship Programs Nearly Doubled from 2014 to 2017, According to CDC’s Report

    • “On the Front Lines” Webinar Series, August 15 – From Theory to Practice with Faster Diagnostics: It Takes a Team

    • Frederick Novy: The Search for Exact Truths in the Laboratory

    • Why is Inappropriate Diagnostic Testing Harmful and What We Can Do About It?

    • Starting July, 2019: “On The Front Lines” Webinar Series for Sharing Best Practices Implemented by Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Teams

    • Single Strain of Highly Resistant Bacteria Plagues Hospital ICU for Three Years, Infects Numerous Patients

    • Measuring the Biomarker Procalcitonin: How this Test is Becoming the Key Diagnostic Tool for Antibiotic Stewardship

    • New Antibiotic Stewardship Study Shows Positive and Dramatic Results For Community Hospital

    • Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Take Center Stage at ASHP Summer Meeting

    • “Diagnostics are the single biggest potential game changer in the fight against AMR”

    • Deaths From Multidrug-Resistant Infections Could Be As Much As 600% Higher Than Previously Thought

    • 70% of Today’s Medical Decisions Depend on Laboratory Results—Lab Professionals Save Lives

    • bioMérieux Partners in Ambitious Initiative to Promote the Value of Innovative Diagnostic Tests in Battling Antibiotic Resistance

    • Prolonging the Use of Antibiotics for Future Generations with Innovative Diagnostic Tools

    • bioMérieux’s Christine Ginocchio, PhD, MT, Appointed Voting Member to PACCARB

    • The “Raw” Milk Trend and How U.S. Dairies Bypass State and Federal Law to Sell Unpasteurized Milk

    • More than Just a Tummy Ache: The Risk of Consuming Unpasteurized or “Raw” Milk

    • Global Migration of Resistant Organisms: Still Much to Learn

    • Antimicrobial Resistance: Pay Now or Pay Much More Later, Warns New Report

    • New Study on U.S. Antibiotic Prescription Trends Reveal Misuse is Still Prevalent

    • CDC Illustrates 12-months of Progress in Battle with Resistance Worldwide

    • Can Deep-Sea Sponges Assist in the Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance?

    • Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Found Aboard the International Space Station

    • Could a Novel Sugar Additive Be Fueling the Clostridium difficile Pandemic?

    • Hospital Adoption of CDC’s Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship Improves, but Many Still Struggle

    • The Cost of Antibiotic Resistance in Lives and Dollars

    • Helping Improve Antibiotic Stewardship with the Global Point Prevalence Survey

    • 2018 Antibiotic Resistance Educational Toolkit

    • “Take Off the Pump Handle”: BioFire CEO Randy Rasmussen on Meeting the New Challenges of Infectious Disease

    • Illnesses that Antibiotics Can and Cannot Treat

    • Study Shows How Breastfeeding Protects Newborns from Resistant Organisms

    • Urgent Care Centers’ Prescribing Practices Raise Risk of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections

    • The Unnecessary Burden of Prescribing Antibiotics to Asthma Patients without Proof of Infection

    • Newly-Discovered Protein in Platypus Milk Could Help Combat Superbugs

    • “Drug-Bug Match Auto-Posting” Reduces CRE Infections by more than 10% In New York Hospital

    • CDC & HHS Launch Global AMR Challenge Today to Accelerate the Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance

    • British Health Officials Warn of Record High Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, including Resistant Strains

    • The Fungus That Gave Us Camembert, and Our Lives

    • Antibiotics, Antidepressants, and Opioids Found in Puget Sound Shellfish

    • Multi-Drug Resistant E. coli Rampant in Nursing and Long-Term Care Facilities

    • Addressing the Unique Challenges Small Hospitals Face When Implementing Antibiotic Stewardship Programs

    • Hospitals with Fewer than 200 Beds More Likely to Have Inconsistent Efforts to Combat Antibiotic Resistance, Study Finds

    • Continued Success of Small Hospital’s “Bug Squad” a Wake-Up Call for Healthcare Facilities Still Lagging in Antibiotic Stewardship

    • Resistance is not the only Danger of Antibiotic Overuse

    • Poster: Everyone Matters in the Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance

    • How to Explain Antimicrobial Resistance to Your Friends and Family (With Infographics)

    • Watch Regular Bacteria Evolve into Superbugs

    • Balancing the Use of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics and Patient Health

    • How One of the First Cases of CRE “Nightmare Bacteria” on the West Coast was Identified

    • Fact Check: Madagascar Plague

    • If You Expect Your EHR to Automatically Integrate with Your ASP, Guess Again

    • Why the Incidence of Antibiotic Resistance Infections Increased while the Rate of Antibiotic use Remained the Same

    • Welcome Letter from the Editors

    • Why Technology Alone Can’t Solve Antibiotic Resistance

  • Category: Antimicrobial Resistance

    • On the Frontlines of Healthcare: Medical Laboratory Professionals

    • MRSA Surgical Site Infections: What You Should Know

    • Invasive Fungal Infections Can Lead to Sepsis—And Have a High Mortality Rate

    • What You Should Know About Candida auris, an Emerging Pathogen That Can Be Very Difficult to Treat

  • Category: Bacterial Infections

    • “On the Frontlines” Webinar Series, September 10—The Convergence of Microbiology and Pharmacy to Enhance Antibiotic Stewardship with Bloodstream Infections: The Need for Speed

    • Meningitis: Deadly, Debilitating, and Associated With COVID-19

    • What are Maternal and Prenatal Infections, and How Can They be Prevented?

    • Food Safety Tips for the Holidays

    • You Make the Call: What Would You Do When Your Child Has the Flu and It Won’t Go Away?

    • Category: Acinetobacter baumannii

      • Three Antimicrobial Resistance Trends We Saw in 2019

      • Identifying Gram-negative Carbapenem-Resistant Bacteria with Dr. Allison McMullen

      • World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2019 Toolkit

      • The Rise of Nightmare Bacteria: Carbapenem Resistance

      • Dangers of Multi-Drug Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Children

    • Category: Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
    • Category: Clostridium difficile (C. difficile)
    • Category: Escherichia coli (E. coli)
    • Category: Klebsiella pneumoniae
    • Category: Methicillin-Resistant Staphyloccocus aureus (MRSA)
    • Category: Salmonella
    • Category: Tuberculosis
  • Category: Drugs and Drug Efficacy
  • Category: Epidemiology and Outbreaks

    • How Public Health Policies Saved Citizens in St. Louis During the 1918 Flu Pandemic

  • Category: Fungal Infections
    • Category: Aspergillus
    • Category: Candida albicans (C. albicans)
    • Category: Candida auris (C. auris)
    • Category: Histoplasma
  • Category: Infection Prevention

    • Infection Prevention and Control Experts Convene for Largest Annual Meeting In Philadelphia

    • Category: Vaccines
  • Category: STIs
    • Category: HIV/AIDS
  • Category: Viral Infections
    • Category: Coronavirus

      • Professional Sports and Infection Control: Implications & Lessons Learned

      • June Almeida & The Discovery of the First Human Coronavirus

      • Asymptomatic COVID-19 Cases: The Silent Spreaders

      • What Steps Can We Take to Help Prevent Future COVID-19 Outbreaks?

      • Giving Blood Safely During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Way to Make a Difference

      • Category: 2019-nCoV

        • Understanding Protective Immunity Can Help Shape Testing & Vaccination Strategies for Fighting COVID-19

        • Difficulty of Symptom-Based Screening for COVID-19 and Onset of Flu Season Highlight Importance of Diagnostic Tests

        • Can Severe Cases of COVID-19 Be Considered Sepsis?

        • Decades of Progress Against the World’s Deadliest Diseases Could be Lost to the COVID-19 Pandemic

        • Common Questions Regarding COVID-19 and Children

        • Universal Mass Testing vs. Targeted Testing for COVID-19

        • Current & Potential Treatment Options For COVID-19

        • Part 3: Diagnostics, Treatments, and Vaccines Rely on Understanding Pathogens and Your Body’s Immune Response

        • Using Genomic Analysis to identify mutations and track the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus

        • Exchanging One Outbreak for Another: The Risk of a Rise in Preventable Diseases Due to Disruptions in Routine Childhood Vaccinations

        • How Our Immune System Works to Fight Viruses

        • What Are Viruses and How Do They Infect Us?

        • How Has The COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted Stewardship Efforts and Antibiotic Use?

        • Testing for COVID-19 Antibodies May Help Inform Public Health Policies for “Getting Back to Normal”

        • How Cystic Fibrosis Research Helped Establish the 6-Foot Rule for Physical Distancing

        • Transforming Infectious Disease Management with Whole Genome Sequencing

        • Progress Toward Treatment for COVID-19

        • Shortening Antibiotic Treatment Duration to Fight Antibiotic Resistance

        • How the Past Informs the Present: Epidemiological Data in COVID-19 Management & Response

        • How do the COVID-19 tests and molecular tests work?

        • Managing the Risks of Antimicrobial Resistance Concurrently with COVID-19

        • COVID-19 and the Value of Vaccines

        • Your Questions About Coronavirus and Food Safety, Answered

        • Responding to COVID-19 in a Climate of Uncertainty

        • Tackling Infectious Disease Epidemics with Social Justice

        • CDC Announces that Novel Coronavirus Hits the US

      • Category: COVID-19

        • The Impact of Telehealth During The COVID-19 Pandemic

      • Category: MERS
      • Category: SARS
      • Category: SARS-CoV-2
    • Category: Hepatitis
    • Category: Influenza
    • Category: Malaria
    • Category: Measles
    • Category: Norovirus
• Category: Innovation

  • AACC 2019: Genetic Testing, Preeclampsia Prevention, & Effects of Hormone Therapy on Common Lab Tests in Transgender Patients

• Category: Other
  • Category: Book Reviews

    • The Economic Impact of Plague in Walter Scheidel’s Book, “The Great Leveler”

  • Category: Case Studies
  • Category: Featured
  • Category: History of Diagnostics

    • A Pioneer in Medical & Laboratory Science: Dr. Florence Sabin (1871-1953)

    • On This Day in Microbiology: Dr. Hazel Barton

    • On This Day in Humanity’s Battle Against Infectious Disease: Dr. Leila Alice Daughtry Denmark

    • On This Day in Humanity’s Battle Against Infectious Disease: Emil Adolf von Behring

  • Category: History of Medicine

    • Dr. James McCune Smith – Activist, Educator, Physician

    • On This Day in Humanity’s Battle Against Infectious Disease: Joseph Lister

  • Category: New Research
  • Category: Personal Stories
• Category: People
• Category: Science Education for the Public
• Category: Uncategorized

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