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What you need to know this vaccination season

As October nears, we're used to hearing reminders about getting the latest flu shot. But this year, there are two more vaccines in the mix: the latest version of the vaccine to protect against...

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As seasons change, so does the guidance around antibiotics: Here’s what you...

When you have a sore throat, throbbing sinuses or a toddler with an ear infection, you'll do just about anything to ease the pain. For most people, antibiotics -- medicines that target bacterial...

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The hunt for a vaccine that fends off not just a single viral strain, but a...

Part 1: This is the first of a three-part series (links to Parts 2 & 3 at bottom) on how Stanford Medicine researchers are designing vaccines that might protect people from not merely individual...

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Searching for vaccine variability in the land of the flu

Part 2: This is the second of a three-part series on how Stanford Medicine researchers are designing vaccines that protect people from not merely individual viral strains but broad ranges of them. The...

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Going beyond B cells in the search for a more multi-targeted vaccine

Part 3: This is the last of a three-part series on how Stanford Medicine researchers are designing vaccines that protect people from not merely individual viral strains but broad ranges of them. The...

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Sick of being sick? As respiratory viruses roar back, experts offer guidance 

It crept up slowly, almost imperceptibly. A vague rawness at the back of my throat. A thrumming malaise. On Thanksgiving Day, it lunged. For two weeks, I was in the grip of an unusually malevolent...

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