Medicine

Arturo Casadevall, MD, PhD, and David Sullivan, MD, recommend exploring using convalescent plasma at scale in public health preparedness planning for future disease outbreaks and pandemics. 

A pediatric infectious disease doctor explains what causes walking pneumonia, how it’s treated, and what parents should know about the recent rise in cases among young children.

A new study from researchers in the Department of Health Policy and Management sheds light on the disparities between tax exemptions received by nonprofit hospitals and the benefits they provide to their communities. 

The current pipeline for new antibiotics is “on the verge of collapse” within the next four to eight years—and a key reason is that antibiotic makers can’t stay in business.