/tags/infections Infections en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍřĚěĚĂ Mon, 16 Mar 2020 03:51:49 GMT /education/2020-03-15/st-louis-area-schools-will-close-to-prevent-coronavirus-spread Updated at 10:50 p.m. March 15, with comments from school and county officialsDozens of school districts across the St. Louis region will close this week… Mon, 16 Mar 2020 03:51:49 GMT /education/2020-03-15/st-louis-area-schools-will-close-to-prevent-coronavirus-spread Kae M. Petrin /health-science-environment/2019-02-21/change-in-health-records-system-leads-barnes-jewish-hospital-to-cut-thousands-of-tests Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis has cut testing for urinary tract infections nearly in half after making changes to its electronic health records… Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:46:10 GMT /health-science-environment/2019-02-21/change-in-health-records-system-leads-barnes-jewish-hospital-to-cut-thousands-of-tests Sarah Fentem /health-science-environment/2014-09-18/early-stage-wash-u-vaccine-could-prevent-the-most-common-hospital-infection Researchers at Washington University have developed a new vaccine to prevent urinary tract infections caused by catheters. This type of infection is the… Thu, 18 Sep 2014 21:56:32 GMT /health-science-environment/2014-09-18/early-stage-wash-u-vaccine-could-prevent-the-most-common-hospital-infection /health-science-environment/2014-06-05/wash-your-hands-people Saint Louis County is seeing an unusual spike in a bacterial disease that affects children in daycare centers.The county has received 71 reports of… Thu, 05 Jun 2014 22:04:34 GMT /health-science-environment/2014-06-05/wash-your-hands-people /health-science-environment/2013-05-31/simple-remedies-can-shield-icu-patients-from-deadly-infections This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 31, 2013: In an era of increasingly high-tech medical care, some potentially deadly health… Fri, 31 May 2013 23:11:11 GMT /health-science-environment/2013-05-31/simple-remedies-can-shield-icu-patients-from-deadly-infections Robert Joiner /health-science-environment/2012-10-16/behind-the-meningitis-outbreak-a-contested-treatment-for-back-pain This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 16, 2012 - News of a deadly meningitis outbreak in more than a dozen states has fortunately… Wed, 17 Oct 2012 02:58:03 GMT /health-science-environment/2012-10-16/behind-the-meningitis-outbreak-a-contested-treatment-for-back-pain David LaGesse /health-science-environment/2012-08-30/soil-may-be-a-source-of-antibiotic-resistance Soil bacteria may be helping to make disease-causing bacteria resistant to antibiotics.That’s according to a new study out of Washington University.Lead… Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:59:23 GMT /health-science-environment/2012-08-30/soil-may-be-a-source-of-antibiotic-resistance /health-science-environment/2011-12-16/information-about-surgical-infections-at-illinois-hospitals-now-online For the first time, the Illinois Department of Health is making information about surgical infections in Illinois hospitals available to the public.The… Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:41:23 GMT /health-science-environment/2011-12-16/information-about-surgical-infections-at-illinois-hospitals-now-online /health-science-environment/2011-08-28/low-post-surgical-infection-risk-at-childrens-hospital This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 28, 2011 - The risk of infections following surgery at St. Louis Children's Hospital is far… Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:39:10 GMT /health-science-environment/2011-08-28/low-post-surgical-infection-risk-at-childrens-hospital Robert Joiner /health-science-environment/2010-06-02/which-hospitals-do-the-best-to-prevent-infection-local-report-ranks-hospitals This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 2, 2010 - Want to know which area hospital offers the best care for a heart attack or pneumonia?… Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:32:41 GMT /health-science-environment/2010-06-02/which-hospitals-do-the-best-to-prevent-infection-local-report-ranks-hospitals Robert Joiner