Behring’s primary focus was on diphtheria and tuberculosis. Behring was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine 1901.
On This Day in Humanity’s Battle Against Infectious Disease: Emil Adolf von Behring
On This Day in Humanity’s Battle Against Infectious Disease: Dr. Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich was born in 1854 in the Polish town of Strzelin, which, at the time of his birth, fell within the Kingdom of Prussia. This Nobel Prize-winning physician made enormous contributions in the fields of chemotherapy, immunology, microbiology and oncology.
Nurses Play a Critical Role in Infection Prevention, Treatment, & Antibiotic Stewardship
Tomorrow marks the 39th annual International IV Nurses Day, created in 1980 by the Infusion Nurses Society to acknowledge the special skills that IV nurses bring to a medical team.
Dietary trehalose: A double-edged sword in diabetes and C. difficile infections?
Trehalose, a type of carbohydrate (sugar), could hold the key to a new treatment for diabetes and other metabolic diseases, but it might also fuel more severe Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infections.
Flu Vaccine Prevented 8,000 Deaths During 2017-2018 Flu Season, Study Finds
With vaccine hesitancy recently cited by the World Health Organization...
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Lack of resources for action against antimicrobial resistance could have...