Five things to know about coronavirus
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has impacted more than 17,000 people since it was first identified in Wuhan, China, and has resulted in
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Infectious diseases
World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day: Fighting conditions of poverty
Today, the World Health Organization designates 20 parasitic and related infections as neglected tropical diseases. They represent the world’s most common health afflictions of people
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One atom can make a difference: Hydrogen-bonding pairing helps design better drugs to neutralize gut bacterial infections
IP6, the natural inhibitor or ligand of Clostridium difficile’s toxin, binds weakly to the toxin. This results in the toxin remaining active (center figure). Changing
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Less may be more in treating patients with bacteria in the urine
By Dipali Pathak When doctors are confronted by the dilemma of patient who has bacteria in the urine but no symptoms to indicate that, they
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Baylor College of Medicine to develop Emergency Smart Pod
By Dipali Pathak Baylor College of Medicine’s Emergency Smart Pod was one of 12 ideas selected for President Barack Obama’s challenge to find innovative tools
Read MoreA matter of health — The promise of vaccination
By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. My mother was a nurse, and in the small Texas town where I grew up, that made her a medical expert.
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A bacterial signal activates the immune system against rotavirus
A bacterial signal activates the immune system against rotavirus By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. For three decades, Dr. Mary Estes, professor of molecular virology and microbiology
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Ebola not the first disease to frighten the public
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. – George Santayana The current furor over Ebola, a viral infection, and the few
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