June 2012

29 Jun 2012
A round-up of news on drug resistance and other topics in global health.In a study published in Nature, Yale University researchers examine which molecular sensors turn Salmonella virulent, presenting a new potential target in dangerous bacteria for drugs to disarm. [Futurity]
21 Jun 2012
A roundup of news on drug resistance and other topics in global health. The National Institutes of Health’s Human Microbiome project has released a new survey of the large and diverse array of bacteria found in a group of nearly 250 healthy adults. [Scientific American]
15 Jun 2012
A roundup of news on drug resistance and other topics in global health. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first vaccine that protects infants against both meningococcal disease and haemophilus influenza. [Yahoo]
13 Jun 2012
This new visualization illustrates the national burden of healthcare-associated sepsis and pneumonia, as well as the cost and mortality of these diseases when they were acquired following invasive surgery. Please visit the Tools section to download this graphic.