Disease

Coverage of infectious and chronic diseases — their causes, mechanisms, epidemiology, prevention strategies, and the latest science on how the body fights back.

Clostridium difficile is a bacterium that causes a life-threatening infection.
Advancements in cancer treatments are neither frequent nor easy to acheive.
Cancer is a tough word to hear as a patient, and “mass” (my physician way of hedging my bet until I have proof) isn’t much better.
Millennials don't have it easy, contrary to popular belief.
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a well-known phenomenon, which has been plaguing us since right after penicillin was invented. But resistance is not limited to microbes.
Medical researchers studying CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, are working to learn more about this degenerative brain disease.
If you're not a Game of Thrones fans, you should change that status immediately. Yes, it is that great.
Hemophilia is a genetic disorder that impairs the ability of blood to clot.
Montana just reported its first flu-related fatalities of the season. And considering the potential wallop of the strong influenza strain making its way around the globe, the state and the nation at large may be in for a difficult winter.