Named from the Greek kloster, for spindle, a class of bacteria known as Clostridia abounds in nature. Staining deep violet under the microscope, they appear as slender rods with a bulge at one end, like a tadpole or maple seed. They thrive in soil, marine sediments and humans. They live on our skin and in our intestines. And sometimes, they can kill you.
Tamara O’Neal loved saving lives. The emergency room doctor thrived on the energy of administering on-the-fly medicine to whoever came through the doors at Mercy Hospital. “She loved the action,” her father, Tom O’Neal, said Tuesday morning from his living room in LaPorte, Ind.
When Jane Chang arrived at Highline Medical Center in Burien, Washington, on Sept. 29, 2017, the healthy 28-year old woman was 41 weeks and three days pregnant. According to a civil complaint recently filed in King County Superior Court, Chang's "labor was induced" and "a cesarean delivery was discussed."
In a long-awaited move, a federal advisory panel is recommending that doctors be encouraged to offer an HIV prevention pill, a step that would quickly expand insurance coverage for a medicine that has been difficult for some people to access due to its cost.
A Nevada man has been hospitalized for almost a week after he developed a rare immune system disorder that a medical professional says has been linked to the flu vaccine. Monique Morgan says her family got flu shots Nov. 2 in anticipation of the holiday season. They wanted to stay healthy as they welcomed visitors.
A Chicago police officer and two other people were killed in an attack at a South Side hospital Monday that sent medical personnel and police scrambling through halls, stairwells and even the nursery in search of victims and the shooter before he was found dead.