Killer Germs

In this age of killer germs and a food supply more likely to be contaminated, news of our slovenly ways isn't only unappetizing. Food poisoning kills 9,000 Americans a year and sends 30 million to 80 million more rushing to doctors and bathrooms with VOZROZHDENIYE ISLAND, Uzbekistan— In the spring of 1988, germ scientists 850 miles east of Moscow were ordered to undertake their most critical mission. The scientists, working in great haste and total secrecy in Sverdlovsk, first transferred hundreds of The testing process takes about two hours. MedMined's software helps Evanston comb through patients' records for clues on how germs spread. For example, if two outbreaks of the same disease occur on separate wards in close succession, the product pinpoints Now we have to worry about killer germs, too. First there's bird flu, about which the government has this comforting advice: In a remarkable speech over the weekend, Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt recommended that Americans start Feb 01, 2009—Hospital-acquired infections kill thousands of people in the United States and add billions of dollars to health-care costs each year. "In Canada, these antibiotic-resistant hospital infections kill more people than car accidents, AIDS and sorry, where were we?—Simon Sassoon devised a gadget that automatically kills germs on public doorknobs. Want to see what two years and $250,000 worth of investment money gets you? That's it on the right. Every fifteen minutes, this $60 device sprays a .

To pull a man’s beard in Tudor England was a huge insult. By the 19th century, doctors encouraged men to grow beards to act as a filter against germs. A big beard was believed to stop harmful substances from getting into the mouth and throat, and After the Gulf war, when it was realised how close the Iraqis came to using chemical weapons against allied troops, President George Bush Sr was converted to the idea that the 1925 treaty banning first use of chemical weapons was inadequate. There had to Syracuse, N.Y. -- St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center has stepped up its war against potentially deadly patient infections by unleashing killer robots. The hospital is using two robots, that resemble R2D2 from Star Wars, to kill germs in patient rooms Protective clothing worn by firemen and other emergency workers may soon get a germ-fighting upgrade. Researchers in South Dakota report progress toward the first Kevlar fabrics that can kill a wide range of infectious agents, including bacteria, viruses .

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