How the pandemic changed the world of disease control for worse — and for better
Five years after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, there has been progress — and backsliding in the ...
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Johns Hopkins Medicine Experts Available to Discuss Measles Prevention
The best way to prevent measles is by getting a measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. Johns Hopkins Children’s Center ...
5 years ago, the WHO declared COVID a pandemic. Here's a look at the disease by the numbers
Another recent federal study, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics in February, showed approximately 1.01 million ...
CDC says it is monitoring mysterious deadly disease in Congo
The CDC is closely monitoring an "unknown disease” that has killed dozens in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the agency ...
What Is Hantavirus, the Rare Disease That Killed Betsy Arakawa?
Ms. Arakawa, the wife of the actor Gene Hackman, died from the effects of a disease often caused by contact with droppings ...
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Public Health Efforts Keep Legionnaires’ Disease Risk Low
Legionnaires’ disease is caused by Legionella bacteria occurring naturally in freshwater environments and complex air conditioning cooling systems.
CDC monitors outbreak of deadly, unknown disease in Democratic Republic of Congo
Federal health officials are monitoring the outbreak of a deadly and mysterious disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...
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Pediatricians Need Help Getting Food Allergy Prevention Guidelines to Families
An estimated 1 in 13 children in the United States has a food allergy, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...
OSDH reports Oklahoma's first two measles cases confirmed, no risk to public
The cases are being reported to the CDC as "probable cases" as they are associated with the Texas-New Mexico outbreak.
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Brendan Prast: Expand Maine’s tobacco prevention and cessation efforts
As a primary care doctor, I see just how devastating tobacco use and nicotine addiction are for my patients. In fact, tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in Maine. It claims more ...