The disease is rare — just 20,000 cases a year — but can spread quickly with deadly results Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering everything from the NFL to tennis to ...

Aimee Copeland contracted the rare flesh-eating bacteria in 2012 after a swimming accident Lindsay Kimble is the Executive Editor, News at PEOPLE. She have been working at PEOPLE for seven years.

Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a life-threatening bacterial infection causing necrosis of the fascia, underlying skin, and vasculature. NF spreads rapidly, making immediate diagnosis important for ...

A new study published in Nature Communications reveals a novel approach to mitigating tissue damage caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, the flesh-eating bacterium responsible for severe infections such ...

A Prince George’s County jury awarded a $35 million judgment to a woman who was hospitalized for over three months after a ...

Thomas A. Russo, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor and chief of infectious diseases at the Jacobs School, is co-author on a Nature Communications paper analyzing hypervirulent pneumoniae infections.

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During the years 1932 to 1945, post-mortem examination disclosed 26 cases of this lesion at the Mallory Institute of Pathology, Boston City Hospital, and at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 19 of ...

Nursing interventions involve recognizing those patients at risk, reporting these suspicions to the health care provider, monitoring patient vital signs and laboratory values, providing frequent ...