Practical Emergency Medicine

Floodwaters have closed healthcare facilities, evacuations, and interrupted services, this is a review on public health consequences

Las catástrofes causadas por peligros naturales y los desplazamientos de población, son factores de riesgo para infecciones.

Especial DANA El cumplimiento de las medidas es fundamental para prevenir enfermedades infecciosas, proteger la salud individual y colectiva

In 2019, 1.4 billion people traveled worldwide - compared to 25 mil in 1950. This is a review of more frequent ilness and and prevention

An adult in the Dublin Midlands Healthcare region has unfortunately died from measles this week. Nine cases of suspected measles were...

Practice Essentials Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (see the image below) is the leading cause of lower respiratory tract infections...

Practice Essentials Staphylococcal infections usually are caused by Staphylococcus aureus (S aureus). However, the incidence of...

Practice Essentials Meningococcemia is a bloodstream infection (BSI) caused by Neisseria meningitidis. Its wide variety of acute...

Practice Essentials Encephalitis presents as diffuse or focal neuropsychological dysfunction. Although it primarily involves the brain,...

Practice Essentials Malaria is a potentially life-threatening parasitic disease caused by infection with Plasmodium protozoa transmitted...