The thing about the human body is that we like to think of it as a temple, or at least […]

It’s a strange, slightly shivering thought, isn’t it? The idea that something could be hitching a ride in the very […]

Maybe it’s the way the air turns thick in July, or that heavy, clingy feeling after a run when your […]

I was standing in a crowded airport lounge in Chicago a few months ago, watching a toddler gleefully drag a […]

There’s a specific kind of primal comfort in a hot shower. You know the one-where the steam gets so thick […]

There is this specific, sinking feeling you get when you’re sitting on a crinkly paper-covered exam table, and your doctor […]

It happened at a chaotic family reunion in a drafty rental house in Maine. We were all crammed in-three generations, […]

We have this collective image of what an infection looks like. It’s a thermometer hitting 102 degrees, a violent cough, […]

There’s something uniquely unsettling about skin parasites. It’s not just the itching. Or the rash. Or the tiny red tracks […]

People usually think of something dramatic when they think of infections. A fever that goes up and down overnight. A […]

There’s something uniquely unsettling about a skin infection. If it’s a sore throat, you can ignore it for a while. […]

Parasites are one of those medical topics that sit quietly in the background – until they don’t. No one plans […]