Tag: infection
Are you really allergic to penicillin? A pharmacist explains why there’s...
Elizabeth W. Covington, Auburn University
Imagine this: You’re at your doctor’s office with a sore throat. The nurse asks,...
From furry friends to fish, turning up the heat helps animals...
Phil Starks, Tufts University and Harry Bernheim, Tufts University
Why do people get fevers when we get sick?
Horseshoe crab blood is vital for testing intravenous drugs, but new...
Kristoffer Whitney, Rochester Institute of Technology and Jolie Crunelle, Rochester Institute of Technology
If you have ever gotten a...
Flesh-eating bacteria infections are on the rise in the US −...
Bill Sullivan, Indiana University
Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like the premise of a bad horror movie, but it’s a growing...
Strep throat can easily be confused with throat infections caused by...
Allen Shaughnessy, Tufts University
“My sore throats, you know, are always worse than anybody’s.”
So declares...
Nasal vaccines promise to stop the COVID-19 virus before it gets...
Michael W. Russell, University at Buffalo
The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna mRNA vaccines have played a large role in preventing...
Sepsis is one of the most expensive medical conditions in the...
Alexander (Sasha) Poltorak, Tufts University and Hayley Muendlein, Tufts University
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition arising from the body’s...
What is inflammation? Two immunologists explain how the body responds to...
Prakash Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina and Mitzi Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina
When your body fights off an...
EXPLORING NATURE
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...
Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil...
