A chance meeting with a classmate suffering from kidney disease started a chain of events that set Eldonna on her path to become a living organ donor.
The decades-old dream is to correct the factor deficiency through a single infusion of a hemophilia gene therapy that produces steady high protective levels of FVIII or FIX.
Even though COVID-19 appears to be changing from a pandemic to being endemic, there is no question that the ordeal profoundly impacted the world — and the positive and negative effects on society will be far-reaching.
A growing demographic of “vaccine-hesitant” parents is driving demand for an alternative vaccine schedule that differs from CDC guidelines. But is it safe?
Emerging infectious diseases — those that have either never before been recognized or are re-emerging — represent one of the greatest threats to humanity.
According to the World Health Organization, it is estimated one in every 10 patients is harmed while receiving hospital care caused by a range of adverse events, with nearly 50 percent of them preventable.
A physician specializing in sepsis discusses diagnosis, symptoms and treatment of the disease.
It’s almost a year since the pandemic first began ravaging the U.S., leaving healthcare providers grappling with how to care for the millions of Americans who have contracted the coronavirus. Still, scientists do not fully understand how to prevent or treat It.
Since the onset of the pandemic, Dr. Dasgupta has been actively treating patients as a pulmonary critical care physician. Then in July 2020, he went from being a physician to a patient when he and his family contracted COVID-19.
Significant alterations in how healthcare is practiced and delivered is a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Will these changes continue?
