Disease

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

In plain language, “food is medicine” programs provide free, healthy food through clinical care to patients whose conditions may be affected by diet and who also struggle to afford enough food.
“Pope Leo said in his initial announcement of the impending surgery after praying the Angelus October 11 that doctors ‘found a small, localized nodule in my lung.
Pregnancy ordinarily lasts about 40 weeks, but roughly one in ten babies worldwide is born prematurely (before 37 weeks of gestation). The consequences can extend well beyond the delivery room.
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While COVID’s arrival and the pandemic are happily in our rearview mirror, cultural and scientific questions surrounding COVID continue to reverberate.
If you read Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (1992), you may have lost a few nights' sleep.