Two rabies epidemics in animals spurred a state health emergency in Texas and a program that oversees annual mass wildlife vaccination. Millions of doses have been distributed since the ‘90s.
- Regents' Professor & Chair, Medical Laboratory Science, Texas State University
A Organização Mundial da Saúde declarou a mpox uma ameaça global à saúde em 2022 e 2024. Embora a maioria das infecções por mpox seja leve, algumas podem ser fatais, e os casos estão se espalhando na África.
The World Health Organization had declared mpox a global health threat in 2022 and 2024. While most mpox infections are mild, some can be fatal, and cases are spreading in Africa.
An unexpected case of rabies found in an animal can raise concerns for a potential outbreak. Proactive vaccination of both wildlife and people can help protect everyone.
An aggressive, antifungal-resistant form of tinea, a contagious ringworm fungal infection, has appeared in the US, likely driven by overuse and misuse of antifungal medications.
Lab testing provides doctors with essential information to help them diagnose and treat disease. Here’s what happens behind the scenes after you roll up your sleeve for a blood draw.
À l’occasion du bicentenaire de sa naissance, il est important de rappeler l’impact fondamental de Louis Pasteur : médecine, biologie… ont été bouleversées par son esprit curieux et ses expériences.
On World Rabies Day – which is also the anniversary of French microbiologist Louis Pasteur’s death – a virologist reflects on the achievements of this visionary scientist.
Bukti menunjukkan bahwa vaksin cacar dapat membantu mencegah infeksi cacar monyet dan mengurangi keparahan gejala.
Monkeypox has been spreading in humans since as early as 1970. While most monkeypox infections are mild, some can be fatal.
The health care system is hemorrhaging medical lab workers, in part because of COVID-19 infections and also because of burnout, low wages and better opportunities elsewhere.
Vaccination campaigns like the ones that eventually eliminated polio and measles in the United States required decades of education and awareness in order to achieve herd immunity in the U.S. population.
The US has split into “two Americas,” one of the unvaccinated and one of the vaccinated. The differences in deaths and hospitalizations between the two populations are striking.
Prevention may be the best way to cope with the worldwide wave of treatment-resistant fungal pathogens.
With a third of adults saying they likely won’t get the vaccine, the US has a herd immunity math problem.
The pandemic is placing strain not just on doctors and nurses but the medical laboratory professionals who conduct the billions of medical tests behind the scenes.
Monoclonal antibodies are synthetic molecules manufactured in the lab. But do we need them if a vaccine is on its way?
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