Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Former CDC Director Tom Frieden’s new book offers three steps to see and stop threats to America’s health system.

Children and teenagers are twice as likely to develop long COVID after a second coronavirus infection as after an initial infection, a large new study has found.

Children are twice as likely to develop long COVID after two COVID-19 infections, compared with children who’ve only had COVID-19 once, according to a new study co-authored by a doctor at Lurie ...

Two ready-to-eat pasta meals sold at Walmart and Trader Joe's have been recalled nationwide amid a Listeria outbreak, federal officials said. The pre-cooked, frozen meals may be contaminated with ...

Every winter, I prepare for my clinic schedule to fill up with patients experiencing runny noses, coughs, and fevers caused by viruses, such as rhinoviruses, influenza, and COVID-19. I also prepare ...

Thomas Leeper A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that bacterial diseases remain a leading cause of death worldwide, with five strains accounting for nearly 55 ...

About 80% of parents currently choose to follow CDC guidelines to vaccinate their babies for hepatitis B at birth.

The Trump administration is continuing its push to revise federal guidelines to delay the hepatitis B vaccine newborn dose for most children. This comes despite a failed attempt to do so at the most ...

Learn about the connection between sustainability and infection prevention. Address the health care sector's plastic consumption issues.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned in a report this week that between 2019 and 2023, bacterial infections caused by a “super bug” bacteria dubbed NDM-producing carbapenem-resistant ...