University of Michigan research shows web-based system could help improve detection and response to spread of illnesses Researchers who designed the biosurveillance system will describe how... Read more
Invention Monitors an Important New Vital Sign A disposal, plastic listening device that attaches to the abdomen may help doctors definitively determine which post-operative patients should... Read more
Lewis’ team presents a novel approach to treat and eliminate methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA Recent work from University Distinguished Professor of Biology Ki... Read more
A new study showed that research to delay aging and the infirmities of old age would have better population health and economic returns than advances in individual fatal diseases such as can... Read more
A new analysis by Oregon State University researchers of California’s mental health system finds that comprehensive, community-based mental health programs are helping people with serious me... Read more
“The ultimate goal is to completely prevent the mosquito from spreading the malaria parasite to people.” Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute have genetically modified... Read more
A bus just passed by. I think I have a headache. This is the sort of inane information that the most tweet-happy among us rush to share with the rest of the indifferent world. But when colle... Read more
Bringing the coating to the market could not only benefit public health, but also save jobs University at Buffalo researchers are making significant progress on rust-proofing steel us... Read more
The government has come under fire this week for revelations that it knew about antibiotic resistant Salmonella in poultry products that has killed at least one person and sickened more than... Read more
THE bean sprouts contaminated with a particularly nasty strain of Escherichia coli, a bug that normally lives quietly in the gut of humans and other animals, have now sickened over 3,250 peo... Read more