Can a routine vaccine prevent dementia?
Some adults may need a measles booster shot. Who should get one and why?
Less butter, more plant oils, longer life?
Healthier planet, healthier people
Counting steps is good — is combining steps and heart rate better?
Appendix pain: Could it be appendicitis?
Can saw palmetto treat an enlarged prostate?
How does Ozempic work? Understanding GLP-1s for diabetes, weight loss, and beyond
Zinc: What it does for the body, and the best food sources
Respiratory health harms often follow flooding: Taking these steps can help
John Ross, MD, FIDSA
Contributor; Editorial Advisory Board Member, Harvard Health Publishing
Dr. John Ross is an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases, and practices hospital medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is the author of Shakespeare’s Tremor and Orwell’s Cough: Diagnosing the Medical Groans and Last Gasps of Ten Great Writers, and is one of the editors of the textbook Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine.
Posts by John Ross, MD, FIDSA
Diseases & Conditions
Poliovirus in wastewater: Should we be concerned?
John Ross, MD, FIDSA
Bad flu season predicted — did you get your shot?
Diseases & Conditions
Chronic Lyme arthritis: A mystery solved?
Diseases & Conditions
Measles: The serious risks of falling vaccination rates
John Ross, MD, FIDSA
Is hand sanitizer better at preventing the flu than soap and water?
John Ross, MD, FIDSA
Ticked off: America’s quiet epidemic of tickborne diseases
John Ross, MD, FIDSA
The bacterial horror of hot-air hand dryers
John Ross, MD, FIDSA
This year’s flu season: Public health catastrophe or par for the course?
John Ross, MD, FIDSA
Is the “full course of antibiotics” full of baloney?
John Ross, MD, FIDSA
Charles Darwin, Chagas’ disease, and the killer kissing bugs of California
Cancer
E-cigarettes: Good news, bad news
John Ross, MD, FIDSA
What the rise of Zika (and other viruses) might tell us about our planet
Child & Teen Health
What you need to know about Zika virus
Can a routine vaccine prevent dementia?
Some adults may need a measles booster shot. Who should get one and why?
Less butter, more plant oils, longer life?
Healthier planet, healthier people
Counting steps is good — is combining steps and heart rate better?
Appendix pain: Could it be appendicitis?
Can saw palmetto treat an enlarged prostate?
How does Ozempic work? Understanding GLP-1s for diabetes, weight loss, and beyond
Zinc: What it does for the body, and the best food sources
Respiratory health harms often follow flooding: Taking these steps can help
