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Infectious Disease

Whooping Cough Cases on the Rise: Newborns Most at Risk, Experts Say

Oct 04, 2025

2 min read

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Infectious Disease

Lyme Disease: What To Know About Symptoms, Treatment & Prevention

Charlotte Mao, MD, MPH, Bay Area Lyme Foundation

Sep 22, 2025

7 min read

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Infectious Disease

Roll Up Your Sleeve: Flu Shot Season is At Hand

Carole Tanzer Miller

Aug 23, 2025

2 min read

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Infectious Disease

Tuberculosis Is Back on the Rise: What To Know About Symptoms and Treatment

Albert Rizzo, MD, FACP, Chief Medical Officer for the American Lung Association

Jul 16, 2025

5 min read

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Infectious Disease

Experts Warn Bird Flu Could Pose Growing Risk to Human Health

Apr 05, 2025

2 min read

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Infectious Disease

Scientists Develop Rapid Bird Flu Detector for Airborne Test

Mar 15, 2025

1 min read

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Infectious Disease

Bird Flu Is Spreading: What You Need To Know

Feb 02, 2025

2 min read

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Infectious Disease

How To Fight Common Wintertime Respiratory Viruses

Carole Tanzer Miller

Jan 25, 2025

2 min read

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Infectious Disease

Measles Outbreak Spreads Beyond Utah-Arizona Border, 123 Cases Reported

3 hours ago

2 min read

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Infectious Disease

New, More Dangerous Mpox Strain Found in 3 Californians

Oct 20, 2025

2 min read

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Infectious Disease

RSV Antibody Shot Safe For Infants Even If Mom Was Vaccinated During Pregnancy, Experts Say

Dennis Thompson

Oct 20, 2025

3 min read

Shingles on men herpes zoster.

Infectious Disease

Shingles Vax Protects Against Heart Disease, Dementia, Death

Dennis Thompson

Oct 20, 2025

2 min read

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Infectious Disease

New York Confirms First Local Chikungunya Case in 6 Years

Oct 16, 2025

1 min read

Eliana Nachem

Infectious Disease

Gene Therapy Provides Lasting Cure For 'Bubble Boy' Children

Dennis Thompson

Oct 16, 2025

4 min read

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Repeat COVID Infections Raise the Risk of Long COVID in Kids

Oct 01, 2025

1 min read

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New Study Finds No Link Between COVID-19 Vaccine and Miscarriage

May 16, 2025

1 min read

Vaccine Hesitancy Is on the Rise. Who Do Americans Trust to Help Them Make Important Vaccine Decisions? A New HealthDay/Harris Poll

Infectious Disease

Vaccine Hesitancy Is on the Rise. Who Do Americans Trust to Help Them Make Important Vaccine Decisions? A New HealthDay/Harris Poll

Mar 31, 2025

6 min read

Why Is the Flu So Brutal This Year?

Infectious Disease

Why Is the Flu So Brutal This Year?

Feb 20, 2025

4 min read

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Infectious Disease

A Good Night’s Sleep Is a Powerful Weapon During Cold and Flu Season

Feb 18, 2025

1 min read

Is TB Making a Comeback in the U.S.? What You Need to Know About this Ancient Disease

Infectious Disease

Is TB Making a Comeback in the U.S.? What You Need to Know About this Ancient Disease

Feb 13, 2025

3 min read

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Infectious Disease Professional News

Close-up Of Shingles Vaccine And Syringe On Reflective Desk

Infectious Disease

IDWeek: Herpes Zoster Vaccination Linked to Lower Risk for MACE, Dementia, Death

Oct 22, 2025

1 min read

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Infectious Disease

IDSA: 216,311 U.S. Deaths Associated With C. Diff Infection ID'd in 1999 to 2023

Oct 21, 2025

1 min read

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Infectious Disease

HEPA Purifiers Do Not Reduce Viral Exposures in Classrooms

Oct 21, 2025

1 min read

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Infectious Disease

Two-Dose Recombinant Zoster Vaccine Effective in Older Adults, Regardless of Prior Vaccination

Oct 20, 2025

1 min read

Macro of mosquito (Aedes aegypti) sucking blood close up on the human skin. Mosquito is carrier of Malaria, Encephalitis, Dengue and Zika virus

Infectious Disease

Locally Transmitted Malaria Made U.S. Return in 2023

Oct 15, 2025

1 min read

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Infectious Disease

Direct-Mail HPV Self-Test Kits Boost Screening Rates and Are Cost-Effective

Oct 08, 2025

1 min read

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