Infectious Disease
ROCHESTER, Minn. ― Mayo Clinic Cancer Center announced on Tuesday, Aug. 31, that it is following recommendations from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network that [...]
If you are unsure about whether you'll be vaccinated for COVID-19, you are not alone. It's natural to have reservations about [...]
Monitoring screen time for children can be a challenge for parents and caregivers under normal circumstances. But with the COVID-19 pandemic, remote [...]
ROCHESTER, Minn. — New, published data from researchers at Mayo Clinic has found that physical separation reduces the exposure of respiratory droplets and that [...]
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On the Mayo Clinic Radio program, Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases physician, offers tips for staying healthy during [...]
Influenza is now widespread in many areas of the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says activity is now [...]
When Heather Spaniol woke up from the first of many surgeries to rid her body of a life-threatening infection that was decimating her tissues, the gratitude she felt toward the Mayo Clinic surgeons who’d saved her life was so strong, she didn’t even register how much trauma her body had sustained. “I think I was in shock. I was like, ‘You’re all so great! I just appreciate everything you’re doing. It’s fine,’” says Heather, a mother of two from Rochester, Minnesota. It was June 2014, and she'd lost a major nerve and most of her right shoulder muscle, in addition to epidermal tissue on the back and front of her right side, to necrotizing fasciitis.
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic Laboratories can now test for monkeypox, a rare viral infection, using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) orthopoxvirus [...]