Disease

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

As I have written before, I have rather severe asthma, which has been under control due to some 
Here's the study, as always, in these types of data-dredging operations, observational.
Remember the Cuban "sonic attack" on American diplomats that was made public in 2017?
Last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada announced that the U.S.-Canada border would likely remain closed to all non-essential travel due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S.
Herd immunity seems to be a relatively simple idea. The fewer susceptible individuals in the herd, the more difficult it is for the disease to be transmitted.
(1) Mission accomplished? COVID-19 infections continue to spiral out of control in Europe. Any progress Europe made in controlling the coronavirus is now completely gone, as well as the premature gloating.
Breast cancer affects 1 in 8 women, a staggering statistic; however, it is a treatable disease with effective screening.
It is hard to recognize the terror of infantile paralysis, polio, a highly infectious, R0 of 4 to 6, summer-time disease. It was asymptomatic for 95% of its hosts, which was good because the condition has no cure.
Irrespective of how you feel about wearing a mask and maintaining a "social" distance, the preponderance of the evidence is that COVID-19's transmission is through the air and our breathe rather than through touch or direct contact.
A group at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), the national science agency of Australia, just