Legionnaires Outbreak Kills 5 With More Infected
A local Legionnaires outbreak has turned deadly and we'd like to take this opportunity to review what causes Legionnaires and how to prevent it. The recent outbreak has been responsible for 5 deaths and at least an additional 22 illnesses. Symptoms...
Public Health Emergency Possible Over Candida Super Bug
New York Senator Chuck Schumer is calling on the Federal Government to declare a public health emergency. The calls come over deadly superbug Candida auris, a superbug fungus which is killing people nationwide. A declaration of a public health emergency...
NJ School Measles Scare Highlights Return of the Disease
It's back. The Measles that is. The sometimes deadly disease previously infected 3 to 4 million people a year, mostly children, prior to the development of a vaccine in 1963. In 2000 it was declared eradicated from the United States. Now a mere 19 years...
Deadly Candida Auris Deemed Global Threat
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has sounded the alarm on Candida auris, an emerging global health threat. What is Candida auris? It's a fungus that infects the bloodstream and was first identified in 2009 in Japan. Since then it has been detected in multiple...
After the Tragedy: The Realities of Mitigating Crime Scenes
It’s far too common, unfortunately, for the nightly news to report another violent crime resulting in hostages or lockdowns. But after the emergency is quelled, the responders pull away, and the cameras leave, a less-obvious danger can still linger: In the...
C Difficile Infections Are Now Appearing Outside Hospitals
Clostridium difficile or C. difficile is a potentially deadly infection that had become associated with hospital patients. However, a new report by Clayton Dalton, MD and Massachusetts General Hospital, indicated that C. diff rates are rising in the...
Flu Season is Coming
The flu killed 80,000 people last year according to CDC estimates and was one of the worst in recent memory. Almost 1 million people were hospitalized due to complications. And now flu season is upon us again. After the recent death of senior citizen in...
CDC Reports Puppies Transmit Antibiotic-Resistant Infections
The Centers for Disease Control(CDC) has released a report that should make people think twice before petting puppies after a multi-state outbreak of Campylobacter. The eye opening headline of this report is that this strain causing the outbreak had...
Quarantined Planes Highlight Need to Improve Transportation Hygiene
Would you want to fly on a plane that had just been quarantined? Earlier this month, 3 flights were subject to a visit from the Centers for Disease Control(CDC) for having ill passengers, highlighting the importance of hygiene in transportation. While...
American Bio Recovery Association Hosts 21st Annual Conference
The American Bio Recovery Association held its 21st annual conference August 14th - 17th in Atlantic City, NJ. The focus of this year's conference was Fentanyl/Carfentanil, an extremely potent drug which has seen a recent growth in usage and exposures....