The CDC’s travel advisory includes the United Kingdom, Germany, Pakistan and 27 other countries. How concerned should you be?
Reforms must have a clear objective — improving the quality of medical care. For me, as a physician, that metric is straightforward: how many patients we actually cure of serious diseases. The number ...
A first-of-its-kind University of Stirling study could better inform strategies to control salmon lice, after researchers uncovered major differences ...
Doctors must treat sepsis quickly to prevent organ failure. But demographic change and drug-resistant infections are making the condition harder to manage.
In a Personal View, Claas Kirchhelle and colleagues argue for stronger involvement of social sciences in global frameworks for addressing the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) crisis. While not novel, it ...
Lynette Abbott continues her discussion on soil health by examining the effects of fertilisers on soil organisms ...
When we shift from understanding disease to preventing it, the same framework applies. The infectious disease triad can be thought of as a three-legged stool. Remove any one leg, whether pathogen, ...
An Eagle investigation found two deaths tied to Legionnaires’ disease last summer in Pittsfield. Legionnaires’ disease is ...
I recently found out that my aunt was diagnosed with cancer and may need chemotherapy. When I think of chemotherapy, I ...
The first concern is whether the diagnosis is correct.
Researchers at UAB have identified an immune pathway that might help explain why some women develop a serious pregnancy ...