In 2009, I was practicing in the emergency department when the H1N1 pandemic emerged. Then, I saw firsthand the vital role infectious disease physicians played in not only facilitating a coordinated ...

While the CDC recommends hand washing as the best way to prevent norovirus (note: hand sanitizer does not kill the virus ), ...

The Covid-19 pandemic underscored the importance of infectious disease doctors — but the field is still facing a shortage, with consequences for the health of communities across the U.S. Specialists ...

Doctors say a highly infectious flu strain, a.k.a. “super flu,” is driving a bad flu season. Here, what’s different this year ...

For infectious diseases (ID) in recent years, it has simultaneously become a moment of quiet dread as we brace for how many fellowship positions will go unfilled. Once again, we watched an ...

Dr. Shikha Mishra, Kern Medical, explains that 80% of infected people show no symptoms, while serious cases can be life-threatening. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Kern County Public Health has ...

This article was originally published by Dome in its May/June 2024 issue. As a child growing up in Nigeria, Johns Hopkins physician Seun Falade-Nwulia felt distressed by the plight of female children ...

A VIRAL INFECTION THAT IMPACTS UP TO 5% OF BABIES. AND WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT. LET’S TALK ABOUT IT WITH DOCTOR KRISTEN MOFFITT, AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST AT BOSTON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL.

Ahead of the holiday tourist rush, city health officials in New York City reported nearly 14,000 flu cases in the first week ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - According to the CDC, there has been a rise in COVID cases this summer, specifically from the KP.2 and KP. 3.1.1 variants. LSU Health Shreveport Infectious Disease Specialist ...

Dr. John Phair was an infectious diseases professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and an early leader in investigating HIV infection. Phair was “a great mentor, instrumental ...