The number of new measles cases and outbreaks soared last year, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Unvaccinated people made up the …
In a survey of his peers, Dr. Choudhary was voted a Top Doctor in Washingtonian Magazine’s 2012 poll. More than 1,300 area physicians responded to the survey, which asked …
Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by bacteria that are spread from person to person through the air. TB usually affects the lungs, but it can also affect other …
An emerging class of long-lasting flu vaccines could do more than just save people the trouble of an annual flu shot. Princeton University-based researchers have found that the “universal” …
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the initial “FluView” report for the U.S. 2011–2012 flu season with the message that flu activity is currently low, making this the perfect …
In German hospitals, each year 132 000 patients contract infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). For more than a decade, different countries have reported an increasing incidence of MRSA …