Long hospital stays and invasive medical tests help identify serious bacterial infections in infants, but a U-M expert says there may be a more efficient, less painful way to make a diagnosis. 

Parents who delay or skip childhood vaccinations even when kids have no medical reasons are contributing to U.S. outbreaks of measles and whooping cough.

To fight the spread of superbugs, patients — especially geriatric patients — need education and hand-washing vigilance just like health care employees.