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A killer of more than 250,000 people annually, sepsis preys on those with poor immune systems — the young, the elderly and patients with chronic diseases, according to Kaiser Health News.

Tarrytown, N.Y.-based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is teaming up with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority and HHS to create a Middle East Respiratory Syndrome treatment, according to FierceBiotech.

The private companies managing Iowa's medicaid program are losing millions of dollars, according to reports they filed with the state, The Des Moines Register reports. 

Ambulatory surgery centers often do not have a person dedicated to infection control, so a team approach can help ensure compliance with infection prevention protocols. Sandra Jones, executive vice president and COO of ASD Management, has more than 20 years…

From 2016 to 2020, the global over-the-counter drug market is projected to expand, according to a Research and Markets report.

Medical errors present precarious situations for physicians as they decide how to articulate what went wrong to the patients' families, according to Kaiser Health News.

A study in the Journal of Applied Microbiology, compared the virus-spreading capabilities of three different hand-drying technologies, and found that jet-air dryers spread 60 times more germs into the air than their counterparts, Dark Daily reports.

In a proof-of-concept study, Boston-based Harvard Medical School researchers have nearly completed recoding the Escherichia coli bacterium to work with a new genetic code.

In the second quarter of 2016, The Joint Commission reviewed 439 sentinel events.

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