Tag: infection
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...
Viruses may be ‘watching’ you – some microbes lie in wait...
Ivan Erill, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
After more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, you might picture...
Monkeypox vaccines: A virologist answers 6 questions about how they work,...
Maureen Ferran, Rochester Institute of Technology
Monkeypox isn’t going to be the next COVID-19. But with the outbreak having...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
