2015년 2월 19일 목요일

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Healthcare News Update

Healthcare News


A Weekly Compilation of Clinical Laboratory and Related Information
From The Division Of Laboratory Programs, Standards And Services


February 19, 2015



News Highlights  

Leading News
  • New, Aggressive Strain of HIV Discovered in Cuba
  • Ebola Victims Still Infectious a Week after Death, Scientists Find
  • The U.S. Government Is Poised to Withdraw Longstanding Warnings about Cholesterol
Laboratory Testing / Diagnostics
  • Pathologists and Research Team at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Use Next-gen Sequencing to Create Faster, More Accurate Cancer Test
  • JMD Publishes Article on Laboratory Perspective of Incidental Findings Reporting
  • Simple Blood Test Can Predict Risk of Dementia
Research and Development
  • NIH Researchers Reveal Link Between Powerful Gene Regulatory Elements and Autoimmune Diseases
  • Bacteria's Hidden Traffic Control
  • Oxford Scientists Simulate Influenza Virus on a Computer
Public Health and Patient Safety
  • Many Women Willing to Extend Cervical Cancer Screening
  • Smoking’s Toll on Health Is Even Worse than Previously Thought, a Study Finds
  • MRSA Complicates About 1% of U.S. Surgical Hospital Stays
Health IT and Other
  • ICD-10 Will Cost Docs Less than First Thought, Study Says
  • CMS: Providers Face Millions in Meaningful Use Penalties
  • Survey: Doc EHR Adoption Leveling Off

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