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Calif. officials investigate possible link to rare bacteria in lab researcher’s death
Washington Post National May 3, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO — California health officials are investigating the death of a researcher at a Veteran’s Affairs infectious diseases lab that may have been caused by a rare strain of bacteria. The 25-year-old man, who has not been named, died over the weekend shortly after asking friends to take [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Now we’re talking Infection Control: Police Investigation into Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacterbaumannii Outbreak in Japan
Police Investigation into Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacterbaumannii Outbreak in Japan The Metropolitan Police Department has begun investigation on suspicion of manslaughter. So far, 3 cases of in-hospital infection involving malpractice have been accused and convicted in Japan. The authors of this article do not agree with this method but the authors of this blog do !! A [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Florida Dengue Fever Outbreak Leads Back to CIA and Army Experiments
by: H.P. Albarelli Jr. and Zoe Martell, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis With little fanfare on July 13, Florida officials released the findings of a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) study conducted recently in the Key West area revealing that about 10 percent, or 1,000 people, of the coastal [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Acinetobacter Threat at EpiNews
Think MRSA is scary? Since the mid-2000s, an environmentally persistent, increasingly antibiotic-resistant infection has spread through-out western Europe and the U.S. By Bryant Furlow at EpiNews The arrival of extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter at U.S. hospitals caught public health officials off guard. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, these infections were increasingly rare, with declining infection rates. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Welcome Medical Muckraker
The Medical Muckracker is a new blog by Award Winning Medical and Science Writer Bryant Furlow. He started this new blog to expose wrongs and highlight under-reported public health stories that affect peoples’ lives but have been neglected by the mainstream media. Bryants Evidence Based Medical Reporting will be be invaluable to all who have [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Rick Scott, who ran a company involved in the nation’s largest Medicare fraud case, wants to be Florida’s governor
May 20, 2010|By Sally Kestin, Sun Sentinel It was and still is the biggest Medicare fraud case in U.S. history and ended with the hospital giant Columbia/HCA paying a record $1.7 billion in fines, penalties and damages. Now the man who ran the company at the time wants to be Florida’s governor. Rick Scott was [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Rick Scott, who ran a company involved in the nation’s largest Medicare fraud case, wants to be Florida’s governor
May 20, 2010|By Sally Kestin, Sun Sentinel It was and still is the biggest Medicare fraud case in U.S. history and ended with the hospital giant Columbia/HCA paying a record $1.7 billion in fines, penalties and damages. Now the man who ran the company at the time wants to be Florida’s governor. Rick Scott was [...]
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