Disease

It is once again flu season, and yes, you should get a flu vaccination. But why is flu so seasonal; for that matter, why did polio strike more in the summer and what about acute flaccid myelitis?

Some symptoms present more of a challenge to doctors than others.

By Claire Cleveland, Inside Science

The homelessness crisis in several major cities across the United States is a national embarrassment. And the news keeps getting worse.

This adventure begins in North Carolina. I'll let the CDC begin: "In early February 2017, two adults traveled from North Carolina to Arkansas with two dogs and 13 cats."

Our current vaccination rate is around 38%, despite a flu season last year that took 80,000 lives.

Type 2 diabetes prevalence continues to increase, and despite over a century of study and treatment, the pathophysiology of this disease is incompletely understood.

Researchers believe that over 50 million people worldwide died in the 1918 flu pandemic, making it possibly worse than even the

It would not be unfair to compare hospitals to Dante's Vestibule of Hell. They are hideous. The food is usually terrible. The rooms are usually terrible. The stench is always terrible. And good luck getting a decent night's sleep.

Making the rounds in the news media is a serious medical condition called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). It predominantly occurs in children causing among other symptoms weakness in the extremities.