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Acid Inhibitors Found to Stimulate C. diff Infections

Clostridioides difficile (formerly named Clostridium difficile, and widely known as C. diff) is a Gram-positive, spore-forming, obligate anaerobe that causes life-threatening diarrhea in people

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January 20, 2023 Comments are off

Will Next Generation Sequencing Replace Culturing?

With more than 1,000 potential microbes known to cause human disease, the differential diagnosis of pathogens can be complex and

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December 6, 2022 Comments are off

Predictions for this Winter…A One-Two Punch?

Two years ago, there was virtually no flu season due to COVID-19 isolation. In addition, experts predict another COVID-19 surge

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November 21, 2022 Leave a Comment

Candida Auris, the deadly yeast with increasing antimicrobial resistance

Industry News, Micro Musings

Candida auris – A Deadly Form of Yeast

Emerging hand in hand with the Pandemic… A new 2022 special report from the CDC is sounding the alarm that

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September 30, 2022 Comments are off

COVID-19 microbes

Industry News, Micro Innovations, Micro Musings

New Drugs in the Fight Against COVID-19

As the COVID-19 pandemic moves into its third year, new treatment options to combat the coronavirus disease are being authorized

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March 21, 2022 Leave a Comment

Industry News, Micro Innovations, Micro Musings

New Technology in the Fight Against Pneumonia

Saving Patient Lives with Rapid Pneumonia Testing Streptococcus pneumoniae and Legionella pneumophila pose a severe threat of morbidity and mortality, with acute symptoms

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November 19, 2020 Leave a Comment

CDC Recommends Nasopharyngeal Swabs AND Oropharyngeal Swabs as Suitable for Upper Respiratory Tract Specimens for Investigations of Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

COPAN announces a kit that pairs 3mL of UTM® universal viral transport medium and two FLOQSwabs™: one minitip and one

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February 5, 2020 Leave a Comment

Coronavirus Outbreak- What We Know Thus Far

For the medical community 2020 has arrived with a sinister start. In the midst of Flu season, a new and

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January 25, 2020 Leave a Comment

We need Cannabis, not CannaBIZ

We know that cannabis can make people sick. We know that the pathogens present in this medicine, like many others,

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September 12, 2019 Leave a Comment

Regulatory Standards for the Cosmetics and Personal Care Industry

Self-policing has long been the standard for the industry, although several entities have a say in what constitutes Best Practice

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September 10, 2019 Leave a Comment

Industry News, Micro Musings

The Changing Face of Safety Practices in the Cosmetics and Personal Care Industry

The English translation for the French phrase “Il faut souffrir pour etre belle” is: “You must suffer to be beautiful.”

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May 14, 2019 Leave a Comment

Hardy Happenings, Industry News

Inspiring the Next Generation of Scientists- Amelia’s Story

Hardy Diagnostics is proud not only to support global organizations and charities whose values mirror our own, but every once

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July 29, 2019 Leave a Comment

Industry News, Micro Musings

Resistance to β-Lactam Antibiotics: New Solutions to an Old Problem

As we progress through the 21st Century, the looming threat of antimicrobial resistance and the urgent call for action have

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November 10, 2017 Leave a Comment

Industry News, Micro Musings

The Growing Cannabis Market and Microbiology

Marijuana legalization has been a hot topic in the news across the United States over the past few years. In

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November 3, 2017 1 comment