Meningitis (inflammation of the protective membrane covering the brain and spinal cord) can be dangerous. Quick, accurate diagnosis is crucial.
The common cold is probably the most universal illness. It is a viral infection of the upper respiratory tract, which includes the nose and throat area.
Long COVID occurs when symptoms—new, continuing, or recurrent—arise four or more weeks after the initial coronavirus infection.
Highly addictive and often dangerous, stimulants increase alertness, attention and energy, while also elevating blood pressure, heart rate and breathing.
A type of bacterium, Clostridium difficile (C. diff), causes one of the most common health care-associated infections in the United States.
Marijuana (cannabis) can cause paranoia and memory loss. Also called cannabis, it can be addictive and can disrupt a user’s life and relationships.
Lyme disease was discovered by Yale physicians. Patients here benefit from advanced, multidisciplinary treatments for this complex condition.
There are all sorts of ways to get an infectious disease—from people and animals, to eating contaminated foods, to environmental exposure.
Most microbes in and around our bodies are harmless, but some evolve to become deadly threats to individual and public health.
There are seven known coronaviruses that affect humans, and they can cause respiratory diseases as ordinary as a cold to life-threatening ones, like severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and SARS-CoV-2.