A number of environmental agents are known to cause acute or subacute inhalation injury to the lung parenchyma. Indeed, emergency…
Pulmonary Illness Related to E-Cigarette Use in Illinois and Wisconsin — Final Report
Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, include a diverse group of battery-powered devices that allow users to inhale aerosolized substances. E-cigarette aerosol…
Treatment of Highly Drug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis
The vision of the End TB strategy of the World Health Organization (WHO) is of a world free of tuberculosis…
Triumph and Tragedy of 21st Century Tuberculosis Drug Development
Since the discovery of the first antituberculosis drugs 75 years ago, the pursuit of a short, effective, and affordable regimen…
Under Our Very Eyes
Foreword. In this Journal feature, information about a real patient is presented in stages (boldface type) to an expert clinician,…
First Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the United States
On December 31, 2019, China reported a cluster of cases of pneumonia in people associated with the Huanan Seafood Wholesale…
Zombie scanning enables the study of peptide-receptor interactions on the cell surface
In the past, biologically-active peptides — small proteins like neurotoxins and hormones that act on cell receptors to alter physiology…
Third-hand smoke is no joke, can convey hazardous chemicals
People can carry hazardous compounds from cigarette smoke that cling to their bodies and clothes and then release those compounds…
Why runner’s addiction is adding to your injury woes
Each week, millions of runners around the world lace up their running shoes, spurred on by the psychological, health and…
Moderate egg consumption not associated with higher cardiovascular disease risk
Eating up to one egg per day was not associated with a higher cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk.