infection control

The New York Post just published a piece entitled Mom gives birth in outdoor bathtub without medical help: ‘It felt r

A Facebook memory popped up with the picture accompanying this article. The act alone changed my entire mood, filling it with laughter and warming my heart. That picture was taken the day I returned to work after a vacation.

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.

A statement was just put out by the Bush family spokesperson, Jim McGrath, indicating former President George H.W.

Would our deceased Presidents fare better today medically than they did in their respective eras? The answer might surprise you.

As tempting as it is, freaking out about most anything -- especially infectious diseases -- tends to render us useless and is not in our best interest. In recent years, Zika and Ebola caused a stir, even a national hysteria.

Okay, most people don't want the words feces and food uttered in the same sentence.

This morning I attended an event organized by the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths (RID) at the Harvard Club of New York.

Carrie Fisher’s tragic death after last week’s inflight medical emergency is sadly an all too familiar occurrence.  In fact, upt