A New Multidrug-Resistant Fungus Emerges

A New Multidrug-Resistant Fungus Emerges

We take it for granted that in the age of antibiotics there will always be a drug available to treat an infection.  But reports of outbreaks of a pan-resistant fungal disease known as Candida auris– that is resistant to every antifungal medication physicians have to...
Why Is Tuberculosis Still a Problem?

Why Is Tuberculosis Still a Problem?

The bacterial pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) has plagued humans for probably 70,000 years and remains a global threat to this day.1, 2 In 1882, Robert Koch recognized Mtb as the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), but it took decades for the first...
What’s Going on with Children and RSV?

What’s Going on with Children and RSV?

Perhaps you have heard that we could be facing a potential “tridemic,” with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), Flu A/B, and a lesser-known third virus–respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV–set to be swirling around us at the same time in the fall/winter of 2022 – 2023. RSV has...