Gary Harkins also spent decades inside an isolation unit -- as a correctional officer at the Oregon State Penitentiary. He says solitary... Working the Isolation Unit: A Prison Officer's Tale For 25 ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Collection documents the development, study, and evaluation of gnotobiotic or germ-free patient isolation. During the 1960s, Shriners Burn Unit in ...

As concerns grow over infectious diseases making headlines around the world, hospital leaders at Sentara Princess Anne Hospital say preparation cannot wait until an outbreak begins. The Virginia Beach ...

In the mid-1960s, Dr. James Holland built germ-free units, the so-called “Life Islands,” at the Roswell Park Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York. Chemotherapy patients would reside for several weeks, ...

Jeff Muhlstock from New Jersey has contracted the coronavirus and spent nearly two weeks in the hospital. He filmed his routine, offering a rare glimpse into the inside of a COVID-19 isolation unit.

SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - The use of solitary confinement for prolonged periods of time in California's Pelican Bay State Prison constitutes cruel and degrading treatment in violation of international ...

A patient at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital was isolated after suspected Ebola symptoms prompted emergency ...

An oncologist traveling on the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak has been cleared to leave a special biocontainment unit in Nebraska, where he was the lone American placed in ...