All Articles on Infectious Disease
As the flu spreads, vaccination offers protectionA study helps confirm U.S. guidelines encouraging people with high-risk conditions to get vaccinated.
- Epidemic of E. coli infections traced to one strain
Virulent, drug-resistant forms of Escherichia coli that have recently spread around the world emerged from a single strain of the bacteria—not many different strains, as has been widely supposed, according to a new study in mBio, the flagship journal of the American Society for Microbiology. The strain causes millions of urinary, kidney, and bloodstream infections a year and has a far greater clinical and economic impact than any other strain of bacteria, including the so-called MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) superbug.”
- Group Health research results in new national chlamydia screening guideline
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued new chlamydia-screening recommendations last week based in large part on research conducted at Group Health Center for Health Studies in collaboration with the University of Washington.
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