Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) – Medicines that people at risk of being exposed to HIV take to prevent the infection. Viral load – The amount of HIV in a person's blood.

Insect protein blocks bacterial infection Date: June 2, 2025 Source: RMIT University Summary: Scientists in Australia have developed a smart, bacteria-repelling coating based on resilin the ultra ...

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The CDC has ended its healthcare infection control practices advisory committee to comply with President Donald Trump’s “continuing the reduction of the federal bureaucracy” executive order ...

The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) crafted national standards for hand-washing, mask-wearing and isolating sick patients that most U.S. hospitals follow.

References: APIC/SHEA. Importance of reinstating CDC’s health care infection control practices advisory committee (HICPAC). Emailed to members of the media. Published May 7, 2025. Accessed May 7 ...

The Trump administration shuttered the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), ending three decades of medical advice used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent… ...

When a mammalian cell detects a pathogen, it responds by withholding magnesium. This forces the pathogen to carefully regulate the amount of magnesium it uses so that the cell doesn’t get the upper ...

More recently, we’ve witnessed that proof during a staff-initiated COVID-19 outbreak, as described in a manuscript in the American Journal of Infection Control.