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Polio – short for poliomyelitis – is a highly infectious viral disease that most commonly affects young children. The virus, which can be transmitted person-to-person, is known to cause fever,...

June 25, 2018 - Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing threat around the world, and it is estimated that by 2050, AMR will potentially cause more deaths globally than cancer does today1. In...

Community Health Centers: Providing a Lifeline of Care to Vulnerable Communities Community health centers are on the front lines, every day, providing life-saving care to more than 27 million...

Silver Spring, MD - BD is proud to partner with the American Nurses Association (ANA) to launch the ANA Innovation Awards. These awards will highlight and recognize nurse-led innovation that...

BD and the international nonprofit WeRobotics recently completed a two-week study in the Peruvian Amazon testing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs, commonly known as “drones”) for expanding...

On June 27, 1997, the PleurX catheter system received FDA clearance and started the 20 year journey of offering compassionate care to more than 400,000 patients with pleural effusions and...

BD leads a global effort, helping convene a group of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) experts. Antimicrobials—drugs that kill infectious bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi—are a mainstay of...

Associates invest in many programs addressing social responsibility. In 1956, on a routine business trip to Brasil, Fairleigh Dickinson, Jr., son of the founder of BD, met Romeu do Carmo Abreu, an...

BD hosts Fourth Healthcare Worker Safety Summit in Johannesburg. The spread of infection and disease is opportunistic in nature, and those who routinely come into contact with these hazards must...

At Singularity University, BD confronts some of humanity’s greatest healthcare challenges. Moore’s law, an observation in a 1965 paper by Intel™ co-founder Gordon Moore, suggests that the...