HSV-1 is spread through open cold sores on the lips or near the mouth. Although the infection is contagious through all stages of a cold sore, the infection is most contagious when the sore is open ...

Research in the Department ranges from the fundamental biology of infectious diseases to the development and application of new approaches to treatment. The Department of Infectious Disease is ...

German Shepard Puppy. Image by Negeyi via Unsplash. Dogs can smell diseases through specialized receptors in their noses. Particularly, these receptors detect chemical changes in human sweat, breath, ...

“I am scared that they will not allow me to take any medications in the immigration camps.” The patient asked that if the doctor needed an in-person visit with her, “may it be scheduled ...

A disease like osteoporosis, for example, is thought of as mostly affecting thin, elderly white women – so doctors don't always think to look outside of that population. Opportunistic imaging ...

The Infectious diseases topic features the latest news, guidelines, education, EMS training and tips related to infection control and EMS role in prevention the transmission of and caring for ...

Catastrophic and Apocalyptic' Emergency physician and Navy veteran Sara Trepanier, MD, who had been seeing telemedicine patients one morning last week, saw smoke in the mountains near her Pacific ...

and the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If you’ve ever faced long waits for a doctor’s appointment, or traveled hours for care, it might surprise you that as ...

Major medical groups are proposing a change to how doctors diagnose obesity ... report's authors now define "clinical obesity" as a chronic disease associated with ongoing signs or symptoms ...

With increasing screen time and longer working hours, an earlier onset of ailments like cervical spondylosis and chronic digital eye strain are being observed, health experts tell Metrolife.