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Infectious Disease

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How Long Should Kids Stay Out of School After They've Had COVID?

— Healthcare professionals with children weigh in

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How Did Public Health Become a Public Enemy at the Supreme Court?

Conservative majority is "buying into" anti-science attitudes, warns Lawrence Gostin, JD

Oct 09, 2024
'The Office' Star Has Cancer; Trump Sent COVID Tests to Putin? 3% of Teens Are Trans

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Oct 09, 2024
Can Women Living With HIV Safely Breastfeed?

Research on HIV viral landscape in breast milk gives insights for breastfeeding guidelines

Oct 07, 2024
Two New Cases of Avian Flu Spotted in California

Investigation of Missouri case also continues amid complications

Oct 07, 2024
Can Women Living With HIV Safely Breastfeed?

Research on HIV viral landscape in breast milk gives insights for breastfeeding guidelines

Two New Cases of Avian Flu Spotted in California

Investigation of Missouri case also continues amid complications

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Solitary Penile Ulcer Could Signal Various Sexually Transmitted Infections

PCR testing reveals an unusual presentation of an increasingly common disease

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What Caused a Mysterious Grayish Tongue Plaque in a Healthy Man?

Man presented with irregular gray-white ulcers on the soft palate, uvula, and tonsils

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Fauci's West Nile Virus; Nobel Prize for miRNA; Nurse Dies in Hurricane Flood

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Oct 07, 2024
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Trump Leads, and His Party Follows, on Vaccine Skepticism

A number of Republican voters now identify as vaccine skeptics

Oct 06, 2024
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EBV Screening Tied to Lower Nasopharyngeal Cancer Mortality Risk

Substantial drops in cancer-specific mortality affirmed in Chinese trial

Oct 04, 2024
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Rwanda's Marburg Fever Deaths Rise to 11 as Its Source Is Still Being Investigated

There are 36 confirmed cases of the disease that manifests like Ebola, with 25 in isolation

Oct 03, 2024
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Surprise! The Copay for PrEP Just Disappeared

Medicare's decision to cover all PrEP drugs under Part B has unexpected benefit for enrollees

Oct 02, 2024
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Low-Dose Lithium Tested in Long COVID

No benefit for brain fog or fatigue, but higher doses may have promise

Oct 02, 2024
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Depression, Anxiety Diagnoses Have Increased Among Young People

This was especially evident during the pandemic, study shows

Oct 02, 2024
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Rwanda Reports 8 Deaths Linked to Ebola-Like Marburg Virus

Most of the affected are healthcare workers

Sep 30, 2024
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Florida's 'Intimidation Campaign'; Nurses Look to Unionize; Bird Flu and Egg Prices

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Sep 30, 2024
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State Reports Rare Human Death From Rabies

Fewer than 10 people in the U.S. die from rabies each year

Sep 27, 2024
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CDC: Kids Born During the Pandemic Got Fewer Routine Vaccinations

Declines in vaccination may lead to resurgence of preventable diseases, agency warns

Sep 27, 2024
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More Healthcare Workers Tied to Missouri H5N1 Bird Flu Case Developed Symptoms

All four will have serology testing to determine whether they, too, had H5N1 infection

Sep 27, 2024
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Certain Oral Bacteria May Be a Risk Factor for Head and Neck Cancer

An increase in microbial risk score based on 22 bacteria tied to a 50% increase in HNSCC risk

Sep 27, 2024
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COVID Preventive Drug Should Work Against Circulating Variants, FDA Now Says

The agency has issued a revised fact sheet for healthcare providers

Sep 27, 2024
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