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  • Pediatric recommendations for preventing and controlling Candida auris released
    on June 24, 2026 at 5:00 pm

    The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) has released a new consensus statement providing pediatric-specific recommendations for the infection prevention and control of Candida auris (also referred to as Candidozyma auris), a multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen associated with health care-associated infections and outbreaks worldwide. The research is published in the journal Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology.

  • Robust colorectal cancer signature identified in large-scale microbiome study
    on June 24, 2026 at 5:00 pm

    Researchers have long suspected that the gut microbiome—the community of bacteria and other microorganisms living in the intestine—is closely linked to colorectal cancer. In a new study published in Cell Host & Microbe, an international group of researchers from the Mi-EOCRC consortium spanning Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands, and including the Zeller and Zimmermann groups at EMBL Heidelberg, has carried out one of the most comprehensive analyses to date of the colorectal cancer-associated gut microbiome.

  • Immigrant youths feel worlds collide from bicultural stress
    on June 24, 2026 at 4:40 pm

    As the number of adolescents from immigrant families continues to rise, researchers say a pressing question is coming into focus: What does it mean for young people’s mental health to grow up navigating life between cultures?

  • Top supplements Americans use are shifting from multivitamins to targeted health fixes
    on June 24, 2026 at 4:40 pm

    Dietary supplements are an excellent way to fill gaps in our nutritional requirements. From vitamins and macronutrients to gut-health probiotics, dietary supplements have helped people address deficiencies. In recent years, however, the goal of consuming supplements has gone from addressing what’s lacking to improving or maintaining overall health.

  • Type 2 diabetes patients often have high blood sugar while fasting—here’s why
    on June 24, 2026 at 4:20 pm

    Many patients with type 2 diabetes wonder how their blood sugar levels can be high when they have not eaten anything. The answer to this counterintuitive phenomenon lies in what is known as insulin resistance.