State falls short in tracking diseases
The Illinois Department of Public Health's system for tracking infectious diseases is so flawed that it misses more cases than it catches, undermining the state's ability to react swiftly to...
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Drug-resistant germs adapt, thrive beyond hospital walls
Lapses in infection control and overuse of antibiotics are spawning drug-resistant germs that are spreading from hospitals into the community at unprecedented rates. These new super germs--stronger, more elusive and...
State falls short in tracking diseases
The Illinois Department of Public Health's system for tracking infectious diseases is so flawed that it misses more cases than it catches, undermining the state's ability to react swiftly to...
Nurse leads hospital’s war on germs
The success of Children's Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., underscores how any hospital can virtually eradicate infections, even among the sickest children. The hospital operates under the philosophy that every dollar...
Lax procedures put infants at high risk
Tamia Jones arrived two months early, weighing less than 3 pounds. For the first three days, her life was charted from precarious to uncertain to probable. By the fifth, she...
Lax procedures put infants at high risk
Tamia Jones arrived two months early, weighing less than 3 pounds. For the first three days, her life was charted from precarious to uncertain to probable. By the fifth, she...
Nurse leads hospital’s war on germs
The success of Children's Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., underscores how any hospital can virtually eradicate infections, even among the sickest children. The hospital operates under the philosophy that every dollar...
Virus attacked Chicago children in outbreak kept under wraps
The germ raced through the Misericordia Home for handicapped children in Chicago, masquerading as a cold-weather flu as it moved from bed to bed. Each child already was ill; most...
Infection epidemic carves deadly path
A hidden epidemic of life-threatening infections is contaminating America's hospitals, needlessly killing tens of thousands of patients each year. These infections often are characterized by the health-care industry as random...
Infection epidemic carves deadly path
A hidden epidemic of life-threatening infections is contaminating America's hospitals, needlessly killing tens of thousands of patients each year. These infections often are characterized by the health-care industry as random...