CommunicableDiseases

 

Tuberculosis now ranks alongside HIV as the world's biggest killing infectious disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.  

More investment is needed to beat tuberculosis (TB), which has become one of the most deadly infectious diseases in the world, a coalition of health agencies warn.  

The UK government is to create a new £1bn fund aimed at eradicating malaria and other infectious diseases.  

Awareness about antimicrobial resistance got a boost through recent campaigns such as Get Smart About Antibiotics Week.  

Dr John Bartlett reviews 2015's most important advances in infectious diseases.  

This activity is intended for gastroenterologists, infectious disease, and critical care specialists who treat Clostridium difficile infection  

Abstract and Introduction: This activity is intended for primary care physicians, infectious disease specialists, obstetrician-gynecologists, and other physicians who may see patients with genital ulcer disease.  

The United States needs to do more to boost its ability to prevent and control infectious disease outbreaks, according to a report released today.  

This activity is intended for physicians who specialize in infectious diseases, critical care, emergency medicine, internal medicine, pulmonology, and pediatrics.  

There was a lot happening in the field of infectious diseases this year, from the increasing threat of antibiotic resistance, to the expansion of diseases that used to be rare in the United States, to a major study that changed the way HIV will be treated. Take the following quiz to see how well you followed the news this year.  

Read about the radiological features that can help differentiate ischemic stroke from its mimics such as seizures, migraines, tumors, and metabolic or infectious disease.  

The European Respiratory Society and the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases have issued their first-ever guidelines on chronic pulmonary aspergillosis.  

More elderly patients visited emergency departments in the United States for infectious disease-related diagnoses in 2012 than for myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure combined.  

Infectious disease experts are worried that conditions along the US Gulf Coast are hospitable for Zika virus, which has been linked to microcephaly in infants infected in utero.  

Tick-borne infectious disease experts urged greater surveillance of ticks in low-risk regions to provide early warning of emerging pathogens.  

The United Kingdom has “serious weaknesses” in its ability to handle and respond to infectious disease emergencies, MPs have warned.  

The United Kingdom has “serious weaknesses” in its ability to handle and respond to infectious disease emergencies, MPs have warned.  

Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy.  

Learn about compliance (and elastance) of arteries, veins, and lead pipes! Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy.