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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is a public health agency housed under the United States Department of Health and Human Services. As the top public health agency in the U.S., the CDC promotes public health awareness and protects the U.S. against severe health threats, such as infectious diseases.
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OCT 20, 2017Microbiology
The local food movement, with origins dating back to the 1930s, aims at influencing consumers to purchase food that has ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 18, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
If any new moms out there have reservations about whether or not to consume the placenta after birth, a newly published ...OCT 16, 2017Microbiology
E. coli harboring the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene (mcr-1) isolated from retail vegetables in ChinaWritten By: Sarah HertrichOCT 09, 2017Microbiology
The influenza viruses that cause flu in people have high rates of mutation that allows them to evolve quickly, and scien ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2017Cancer
The link between obesity and cancer just got even more real. A recent report finds that over 40 percent of cancer cases ...SEP 19, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have been searching for the cause of autism for many years, and now eight mutations have been found in a sin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 12, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Adorable puppies could be behind a bacterial outbreak that has sickened 39 people across seven states so far. According ...SEP 11, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the American College of Physicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 50 perce ...AUG 12, 2017Microbiology
Study indicates the efficacy of the rotavirus vaccine - it likely resulted in 380,000 fewer hospitalizations of young ki ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2017Immunology
In very rare cases - two in 10,000 people experts say - a chickenpox infection can trigger extremely dangerous brain inf ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 07, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Investigations into why people across 16 states have gotten sick with salmonella poisoning yielded the culprit: contamin ...AUG 01, 2017Immunology
Scientists have known for a while that HIV hides in the body, undetected by the immune system and unaffected by antiretr ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 11, 2017Cardiology
The importance of relaxation and the severity of seasonal affective disorders was brought to light in a recent nationwid ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 06, 2017Microbiology
I’ve got good news and bad news. I’ll start with the bad news - there’s a new species of bacteria that ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 06, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Not heeding the conventional wisdom of avoiding swimming in open waters with a new tattoo, a 31-year-old man contracted ...MAY 26, 2017Microbiology
A new regulation that was inspired by the death of a young boy is proving to be effective.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 19, 2017Microbiology
Candida auris is often resistant to most antibiotic treatments.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 17, 2017Videos
According to 2012 data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 2 million Americans are addicted to ...MAY 14, 2017Microbiology
Ticks are nasty parasites that already pose a threat to human health; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 26, 2017Health & Medicine
The ability of one microbe to adapt is giving it a whole new career as a sexually transmitted disease. Usually content w ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioAPR 06, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnosing an infection as bacterial or viral can be difficult, even for trained specialists. And while it may seem sens ...APR 05, 2017Immunology
A parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi causes one of five diseases designated by the Centers for Disease Control and Preven ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 02, 2017Immunology
For individuals with asthma using a metered-dose inhaler (MDI) to prevent or relieve symptoms, there is a good chance th ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 06, 2017Immunology
A new microneedle patch administered with the press of a thumb could make it easier to vaccinate people against measles ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)
OCT 20, 2017
Microbiology
The local food movement, with origins dating back to the 1930s, aims at influencing consumers to purchase food that has
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 18, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
If any new moms out there have reservations about whether or not to consume the placenta after birth, a newly published
...
OCT 16, 2017
Microbiology
E. coli harboring the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene (mcr-1) isolated from retail vegetables in China
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 09, 2017
Microbiology
The influenza viruses that cause flu in people have high rates of mutation that allows them to evolve quickly, and scien
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2017
Cancer
The link between obesity and cancer just got even more real. A recent report finds that over 40 percent of cancer cases
...
SEP 19, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have been searching for the cause of autism for many years, and now eight mutations have been found in a sin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Adorable puppies could be behind a bacterial outbreak that has sickened 39 people across seven states so far. According
...
SEP 11, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to the American College of Physicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 50 perce
...
AUG 12, 2017
Microbiology
Study indicates the efficacy of the rotavirus vaccine - it likely resulted in 380,000 fewer hospitalizations of young ki
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2017
Immunology
In very rare cases - two in 10,000 people experts say - a chickenpox infection can trigger extremely dangerous brain inf
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 07, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Investigations into why people across 16 states have gotten sick with salmonella poisoning yielded the culprit: contamin
...
AUG 01, 2017
Immunology
Scientists have known for a while that HIV hides in the body, undetected by the immune system and unaffected by antiretr
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 11, 2017
Cardiology
The importance of relaxation and the severity of seasonal affective disorders was brought to light in a recent nationwid
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 06, 2017
Microbiology
I’ve got good news and bad news. I’ll start with the bad news - there’s a new species of bacteria that
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 06, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Not heeding the conventional wisdom of avoiding swimming in open waters with a new tattoo, a 31-year-old man contracted
...
MAY 26, 2017
Microbiology
A new regulation that was inspired by the death of a young boy is proving to be effective.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 19, 2017
Microbiology
Candida auris is often resistant to most antibiotic treatments.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 17, 2017
Videos
According to 2012 data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 2 million Americans are addicted to
...
MAY 14, 2017
Microbiology
Ticks are nasty parasites that already pose a threat to human health; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 26, 2017
Health & Medicine
The ability of one microbe to adapt is giving it a whole new career as a sexually transmitted disease. Usually content w
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
APR 06, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnosing an infection as bacterial or viral can be difficult, even for trained specialists. And while it may seem sens
...
APR 05, 2017
Immunology
A parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi causes one of five diseases designated by the Centers for Disease Control and Preven
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 02, 2017
Immunology
For individuals with asthma using a metered-dose inhaler (MDI) to prevent or relieve symptoms, there is a good chance th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 06, 2017
Immunology
A new microneedle patch administered with the press of a thumb could make it easier to vaccinate people against measles
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)