Virginia Allen is one of two of Staten Island's surviving Black Angels. She started working at Sea View, caring for incurable ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. If you desire to work in healthcare, a career as a nurse practitioner (NP) or physician assistant (PA) could be a good fit.

There are a significant number of words, phrases and acronyms that appear when talking about race and ethnicity which often change depending on the context of the conversation. Language is ...

Needless to say, these phones look premium and to make them look stand out, Samsung packs the Galaxy S-series phones with gorgeous-looking wallpapers. The newly launched Galaxy S25 series continues ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This late 1940’s photo provided by the US Air Force Historical Support Office shows retired U.S. Army ...

Two tests are being used to test for bacteria almost instantly through a throat swab and a finger prick. The tests aim to reduce the use of antibiotics and therefore antimicrobial resistance ...

Tests on the "mysterious balls" which led to the closure of several Australian beaches last week have revealed they were made up partially of faecal bacteria. Nine beaches in Sydney were closed by ...

Fungal infections, such as athlete’s foot and ringworm, occur when one type of fungal microbe becomes too prevalent in one area of the body so that the immune system cannot defeat it. Like many ...

People often make mistakes in differentiating between viral fever and fever caused by bacterial infection. Due to cold weather, changing seasons, and weak immunity, adults and children can fall ...

We invite medical workers at Providence and across the country to write to us about the conditions they face as a result of the ongoing social crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic and the emerging ...

Francisco Guarner, director of the Digestive System Research Unit at Vall d’Hebron General Hospital in Barcelona, offers this definition: “It is the community of bacteria, viruses, and fungi that ...

Examples of skilled nursing needs include complex wound dressings, rehabilitation, tube feedings or rapidly changing health status. A number of patients may have a health status that changes quickly.