Legionnaire’s disease, a waterborne bacterial infection that got its name after an outbreak at a large American Legion gathering in Philadelphia just over 40 years ago, had been near elimination across much of the world […]
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DNA Snapshot Helps Drexel Researchers Uncover Diseases Lurking in Ambulances
One in 25 hospital patients will contract an infection during their stay. Hospitals are well aware of the communicable diseases often transmitted among patients and take many precautions to reduce the risk. But new research […]
Q+A: Tuberculosis as an Ongoing Threat
For many people in the United States, tuberculosis is a disease that seems dated, more likely to be associated with Ellis Island than a present day trip to the doctor’s office. However, the United States […]