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(MedPage Today) -- Steven Quay, MD, PhD, is reportedly in final vetting for the job of director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a position formerly held by Anthony Fauci, MD, for decades. So, who is he? Quay...
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In the event of a pandemic, every society is confronted with the question: How can the spread of an infectious disease be effectively contained without restricting daily life more than necessary?
Qdoba Restaurant Corp. pulled jalapeños from its more than 800 locations and said it’s cooperating with US authorities investigating a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds of people across…
A protein secreted by common cancer types makes blood vessels leakier to allow metastatic tumors to form in the lungs, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial…
Government plans network of nearly 200 specialist services to help those facing mental health crises.
NEW YORK (AP) — Parasitic illness cases in 15 states have been linked to iceberg lettuce, U.S. health officials said Wednesday. Cyclospora cases have…
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the outbreak is spreading faster than the response can scale up.