Many healthy newborns are getting antibiotics they don’t need, potentially causing harmful changes in their gut bacteria, but new Stanford research suggests a solution.
Tuberculosis is a major public health problem worldwide, yet most people lack access to quick, reliable testing. Now, chemists have found a solution.
The key to preventing dangerous Aspergillus fumigatus infections following lung transplant may be blocking iron, a new Stanford Medicine study has found.
Even adults who are not considered "high-risk" should be tested to reduce deaths and improve cure rates, new Stanford Health Policy research suggests.
Stanford chemist Lynette Cegelski and her team discovered a new form of bacterial cellulose, a finding that could shed light on new ways to fight bacterial infections.
Believe it or not, the 2017–2018 flu season is around the corner. And Stanford Children’s Health experts are sending a reminder that the best way to protect …
Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, is an inquisitive neuroscientist, innovative bioengineer and practicing psychiatrist. In his push to determine which neural circuits are jamming up to …
Last spring quarter, Erin Moredcai, PhD, taught her first class at Stanford, an introductory seminar on infectious disease. If anyone assumed Mordecai, an assistant professor …
While the world takes dramatic and costly steps to prevent the calamitous impact of climate change, preparations for a worldwide pandemic on the scale of …
The Zika virus has gotten a lot of press in recent months. As the suspected culprit for an unusual increase in microcephaly in Brazil's newborns, …
The Zika virus has been reported in 23 countries and territories in the Americas. Brazil is the hardest hit nation so far with more …
"Life in the tropics" evokes images of rain forests, palm trees, tamarinds and toucans. It also has a downside. To wit: One-third of the Earth’s population - 2.3 billion people - …
When you google ‘doctor,’ virtually every image shows a person in a long-sleeved white coat. The crisp white coat with a stethoscope around the neck …
Dengue fever is the most widespread and fastest growing mosquito-borne virus in the world. It infects an estimated 390 million people each year — nearly …
Very embarrassing confession: When I heard this piece on the radio yesterday, I thought it was about a chicken virus. Wow, I remember thinking, that's strange …
California's measles epidemic was no fluke; between 2007 and 2013 the percentage of kindergarteners using a "personal belief" exemption to enroll in school without vaccinations …
