Researchers at the Texas A&M Health Science Center Institute of Biosciences and Technology at Houston have discovered a toxin present in the bacteria responsible for the current nationwide outbreak of ...

Physicians in France confirmed a rare and fatal case of necrotizing pneumonia in a COVID-19 patient, according to research slated for publication in Emergency Infectious Diseases. The patient, a man ...

E-cigarettes were initially thought to be a safer alternative to traditional cigarettes, but a recent outbreak of serious lung illnesses and deaths linked to the nicotine delivery devices called that ...

Clumps of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) is responsible for an increasing number of pneumonia cases among ...

In the midst of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in our region, a five-year-old girl with mild asthma presented to the emergency department of a children’s hospital in acute respiratory distress. She had an ...

Community mourns young sisters lost in Christmas morning house fire Two young sisters are being remembered after a tragic house fire on Christmas morning claimed their lives. Sycamore Shoals brings ...

The Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) is a pore-forming toxin secreted by strains epidemiologically associated with the current outbreak of community-associated ...

DECREASED resistance to infection has frequently been described in patients with Hodgkin's disease, 1 and therapeutic agents commonly used, such as corticosteroids, alkylating agents and x-rays, are ...