Respiratory Distress
Mother Nature, Fever and Immunity: Did Modern Me…
For thousands of years, the human body has responded to infection by turning up the heat. Fever is not an accident or a design flaw. It is part of an ancient defense system that evolved to help us fig…
Early Flu Season Is Here! Hospitalizations Hit a…
Influenza does not usually command much attention before Halloween. Many people don't contemplate a flu shot until a week or two before Thanksgiving. Then they get worried about traveling to family ge…
Will We Have a Tripledemic This Year? Health Off…
With the flu season in full swing, some public health experts are concerned about the possibility of a tripledemic. In such a scenario, three different respiratory viruses circulate at the same time 
Babies’ Airways Are Not Sterile at Birth
Scientists used to think that babies' airways and lungs were sterile at birth and colonized with microbes only after that. Babies' Airways Are Colonized Before Birth: New research from the Universit…