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Wide Discrepancy in Surveillance and Control of Infections in ICUs
October 15, 2012 Screening practices for multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in intensive care units (ICUs) vary widely from hospital to hospital, according to a new ... > full story -
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'Large and Dirty' Companies Adopting Greener Strategies to Earn More Green
October 15, 2012 Large industrial firms aren't typically known for embracing eco-friendly policies. But lately they've recognized that going green at the factory is one way of adding green to the bottom ... > full story -
Protecting and Restoring the Great Lakes
October 15, 2012 U.S. and Canadian universities are joining forces to propose a set of long-term research and policy priorities to help protect and restore the Great Lakes and to train the next generation of ... > full story -
Primates in Peril: Conservationists Reveal the World's 25 Most Endangered Primates
October 15, 2012 Humankind's closest living relatives -- the world's apes, monkeys, lemurs and other primates -- are on the brink of extinction and in need of urgent conservation measures, according to a report ... > full story -
Fall Spawning by Atlantic Sturgeon in Virginia River
October 15, 2012 Scientists studying the Atlantic sturgeon, one of the oldest species of fish in the world, have found evidence that the James River population in Virginia spawns in the ... > full story -
Illegal Hunting and Trade of Wildlife in Savanna Africa May Cause Conservation Crisis
October 12, 2012 Widespread illegal hunting and the bushmeat trade occur more frequently and with greater impact on wildlife populations in the Southern and Eastern savannas of Africa than previously thought, and if ... > full story -
One CVD Death in China Every 10 Seconds
October 11, 2012 Every year three million Chinese people die from cardiovascular disease and every 10 seconds there is one death from CVD in China, according to ... > full story -
New Web-Based Model for Sharing Research Datasets Could Have Huge Benefits
October 11, 2012 A group of researchers have proposed creating a new web-based data network to help researchers and policymakers worldwide turn existing knowledge into real-world applications and technologies and ... > full story -
The Impact and Implications of Early Voting: What the Experts Have to Say
October 11, 2012 Although Election Day 2012 is still weeks away, many Americans are already casting their votes. The number of people choosing to vote before Election Day is increasing dramatically, and the potential ... > full story -
Analysis Finds Likely U.S. Voters Rank Health Care Second Most Important Issue in Presidential Choice
October 10, 2012 A new analysis of 37 national opinion polls conducted by 17 survey organizations finds that health care is the second most important issue for likely voters in deciding their 2012 presidential vote. ... > full story
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