It is widely assumed that the most likely manifestation of a pandemic will be a respiratory illness. Severe acute respiratory infections abound in hospitals, and many of these are caused by viruses. Several viral families have the capacity to cause severe acute respiratory infections, and it is important to understand the epidemiology of the viruses [...]
Experimental human typhoid fever challenge was first described in 1896 by Wright, who vaccinated two men against typhoid fever and challenged one with what was then known as Salmonella typhosa.1 While challenge models are sometimes controversial, they offer enormous potential to study the pathogenesis of disease and to accelerate vaccine development, particularly in human-restricted pathogens such as Salmonella [...]
The UN Environment Assembly, the world's highest decision making body on the environment with delegates from 193 countries, will gather in this Kenyan capital for three days from Monday to step up action to counter rising pollution levels. Tackling pollution is a crucial insurance policy for current and future generations, United Nations Environment head Erik [...]
Diabetes can have several complications, including one common side effect: foot damage. Although some types are common, others are rarer. Among the lesser-known conditions is Charcot neuroarthropathy. MORE FROM THE LAB: Subscribe to our weekly newsletter “It is a rare foot condition that can cause significant deformity, disability and may lead to ulcerations and infections [...]
Surrounded by a Cloud of Dust: Particle Resuspension in Indoor Environments Brandon E. Boor, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Purdue University Watch here...
WASHINGTON — Breast cancer treatment left Susan Wolfe-Tank with an arm too painfully swollen to lift anything heavy or even fit into her usual clothing — a debilitating condition that gets little attention and has no cure. Desperate, the Wisconsin woman traveled hundreds of miles to seek a delicate operation — replacing under-arm lymph nodes lost in [...]
“My diet is so restrictive, I don’t know what to eat.” I hear this often, from all angles: people trying to avoid meat, or starchy vegetables, or grains, or sugar, or fat — you name it. As a nutritionist, my first questions to new clients always relate to figuring out why they’ve decided they can’t [...]
For the first time in the United States, a woman who had a uterus transplant has given birth. The mother, who was born without a uterus, received the transplant from a living donor last year at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, and had a baby boy there last month, the hospital said on Friday. [...]
Ah, drinking coffee. Truly one of life’s simple pleasures. But I have some big questions to ask you: Do you add cream or sweetener or do you take it black? Some milks and sweeteners add unnecessary fat and calories that aren’t helping your waistline. If you do like to dress your coffee up, here are [...]
Abstract The human coronaviruses (CoV) include HCoV-229E, HCoV-OC43, HCoV-NL63, and HCoV-HKU1, some of which have been known for decades. The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) CoV briefly emerged into the human population but was controlled. In 2012, another novel severely human pathogenic CoV—the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)-CoV—was identified in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; [...]
