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Technology
Iowa Health System Sees Benefits from Data-Driven Surgery
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is using technology in the OR to study how surgical procedures are done, with...
Nursing
Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections is Everybody's Job, Not Just Nurses
Teamwork, along with communication and awareness, can build an effective infection prevention program.
Post-Acute
Inspector General Provides Recommendations for Nursing Home Infection Prevention
OIG new data brief's findings reflect a need to reexamine staffing minimums.
Clinical Care
Antibiotic Resistance Impacted by Patient Age and Care Setting, Study Finds
Researchers examined data from 166 facilities from 2012 to 2017.
Pharma
A Technicality Could Keep RSV Shots From Kids in Need
The CDC is now assessing whether nirsevimab would be eligible for the Vaccines for Children program.
Covid-19
FDA Experts Are Still Puzzled Over Who Should Get Which COVID Shots and When
Panel disagrees with FDA proposal that everyone get at least one shot a year, saying more information is needed.
Pharma
Peptilogics CEO Jonathan Steckbeck Targets Deadly Prosthetic Infections
Personal tragedies involving family and friends motivated this CEO to launch Peptilogics.
Pharma
What Older Americans Need to Know About Taking Paxlovid
Seek treatment with antiviral therapy, which remains effective against new COVID variants.
Pharma
Bernie Blasts 'Unacceptable Corporate Greed' As Moderna Mulls 4X Price Hike for COVID Vax
Quadrupling the price of COVID-19 vaccine would make it too expensive for millions of Americans, the Vermont Independent says.
Post-Acute
UVA Health Granted $1.2M to Prevent Infection in Long-Term Care Facilities
The health system?s goal is to create a ?one-stop shop? for facilities to access resources to protect their patients and...
Covid-19
Medicare Keeps Spending More on COVID-19 Testing. Fraud and Overspending Are Partly Why.
Medicare's COVID-19 testing costs reached over $2 billion in 2022. The growing costs concern some experts, who say financial incentives...
Clinical Care
Flu Patients at Risk of Developing Sepsis
Sepsis can develop as the result of any kind of infection, including influenza.