Q. What are the risks that face the infants below 6 months? Are all of them at high risk? - Nashaat, Cairo, Egypt ...more

November 9, 2009

Food and Drug Administration officials are recommending that consumers avoid eating foods containing pistachios because the nuts could be contaminated with salmonella. ...more

March 31, 2009

The bacterium that causes infections of the urinary possess the molecular tools to steal what it needs from its hosts. Researchers, however, are attempting to turn the tables and use those tools to kill E. coli. ...more

March 4, 2009

The trend lines of sexually transmitted diseases in Highlands County are climbing, according to the most recent statistics released by the Florida Department of Health. ...more

February 25, 2009

Two HIV drugs approved last year for patients who have developed resistance to older drugs also work well with new patients, and with fewer troubling side effects than a widely used regimen, according to the drugs' manufacturers. ...more

October 27, 2008

Apparently, there are some people who aren't entirely happy with their bosses. (Honestly, I wouldn't know anything about this.) And now there's a day for those misguided people. ...more

July 27, 2008

The urge to smoke is contagious, but quitting apparently is, too. ...more

May 22, 2008

It's a new way to push for patient safety: Don't pay hospitals when they commit certain errors. ...more

February 19, 2008

Infectious-disease expert David Gilbert was making rounds at the Providence Portland Medical Center in Oregon in April when he realized that an unusual number of patients, including young, vigorous adults, were being hit by a frightening pneumonia. ...more

December 11, 2007