As we bid farewell to Summer and welcome in Fall, we know with the cooler temperatures and changing leaves that flu season is at our doorstep. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), flu activity begins in October and lasts through May, with cases spiking between December and February. Since we never know when or where the flu will strike, health officials recommend everyone six months of older the get the flu shot.
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Worldwide, there are more than 300 million biological specimens stored at temperatures below -80 °C, but most of them are unusable. According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, up to 70% of those samples are worthless because the lack of traceability. Without proper environmental storage records, there’s no way to validate the samples have been adequately preserved.
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Filtered water is a requirement for drinking supplies, food processing plants, so it’s no surprise it’s of the utmost importance for the pharmaceutical industry. Without a high-quality water filtration system in place, contaminants in the water can alter the lifesaving medications and solutions we depend on.
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