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Infectious Disease
Infectious Disease: Infectious diseases are caused by pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi; the diseases can be spread, directly or indirectly, from one person to another. Zoonotic diseases are infectious diseases of animals that can cause disease when transmitted to humans. Most infectious diseases have only minor complications. But some infections - such as pneumonia, AIDS and meningitis - can become life-threatening.
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APR 17, 2019Microbiology
Measles is extremely contagious, the CDC has stated that 555 cases have been reported - so far this year.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 16, 2019Videos
Scientists have determined that in the US, the rate of HPV infection is increasing among women under 40 who have not bee ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2019Microbiology
Hospital staff are encouraged to wash their hands to stop germs from spreading. It seems patients and rooms may also nee ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 11, 2019Health & Medicine
A drug-resistant fungal yeast, Candida auris, is spreading throughout hospitals worldwide. Deemed “an urgent threa ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 03, 2019Immunology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) is an opportunistic human pathogen that can cause severe illness and even death in people th ...Written By: Aleishia Harris-ArnoldMAR 31, 2019Microbiology
Types A and B flu usually cause seasonal flu epidemics in the United States.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 26, 2019Videos
Vaccine hesitancy is consider to be a major threat to public health, even though studies have shown that vaccines are no ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 25, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Scientists in Australia have used the genome of today's hepatitis B virus (HBV) to assess the movement of human populati ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 22, 2019Health & Medicine
Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) is a term used to describe every cause of acute-onset of obsessiv ...Written By: Dena ArutaMAR 20, 2019Videos
A 31-year-old British man had to go to the hospital after getting an infection in his ear that spread to the lining of h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 20, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Researchers found a way to cut down on the computational power it requires to analyze genetic data. Now portable mini-se ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 19, 2019Microbiology
While every effort is made to ensure that the stuff we send into space is free of Earthly contamination, microorganisms ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 17, 2019Microbiology
Some astronauts have lived onboard the International Space Station for hundreds of days. Researchers are learning more a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 15, 2019Health & Medicine
Tick-borne diseases have significantly increased in the U.S. in the past few years. In 2016 there were 48,610 repor ...Written By: Dena ArutaMAR 14, 2019Cannabis Sciences
Cirrhosis accounts for 31,000 deaths per year. Approximately 3.5 to 4.6 million people in the U.S. are chronic ...Written By: Amy LoriauxMAR 14, 2019Videos
Butterball, Kroger, and Food Lion are recalling around 78,164 pounds of the ground meat because it may be contaminated w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 13, 2019Health & Medicine
There has been a great deal of media coverage and controversy over the role of diet on disease processes such as autoimm ...Written By: Dena ArutaMAR 12, 2019Genetics & Genomics
It's been difficult to study infant development in detail, but new technology can change that.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 11, 2019Microbiology
The microbe Propionibacterium acnes has long been thought to be the cause of acne, but it can be found on everyone's ski ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2019Videos
In 1928, Alexander Fleming found a contaminated Petri dish, and from there, humanity's use of antibiotics started.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 06, 2019Health & Medicine
There is a consensus that the first HIV infection occurred in the 1920s in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic o ...Written By: Dena ArutaMAR 06, 2019Videos
A study of over 537,000 kids showed that vaccinated children and unvaccinated children face the same risk of autism.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 03, 2019Health & Medicine
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer and elk (cervids) has been rapidly spreading across North America and ha ...Written By: Dena ArutaMAR 03, 2019Microbiology
This work shows how weather data can be used to prevent future disease outbreaks from happening.Written By: Carmen Leitch
APR 17, 2019
Microbiology
Measles is extremely contagious, the CDC has stated that 555 cases have been reported - so far this year.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2019
Videos
Scientists have determined that in the US, the rate of HPV infection is increasing among women under 40 who have not bee
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2019
Microbiology
Hospital staff are encouraged to wash their hands to stop germs from spreading. It seems patients and rooms may also nee
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 11, 2019
Health & Medicine
A drug-resistant fungal yeast, Candida auris, is spreading throughout hospitals worldwide. Deemed “an urgent threa
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 03, 2019
Immunology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) is an opportunistic human pathogen that can cause severe illness and even death in people th
...
Written By:
Aleishia Harris-Arnold
MAR 31, 2019
Microbiology
Types A and B flu usually cause seasonal flu epidemics in the United States.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 26, 2019
Videos
Vaccine hesitancy is consider to be a major threat to public health, even though studies have shown that vaccines are no
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 25, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists in Australia have used the genome of today's hepatitis B virus (HBV) to assess the movement of human populati
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2019
Health & Medicine
Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) is a term used to describe every cause of acute-onset of obsessiv
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
MAR 20, 2019
Videos
A 31-year-old British man had to go to the hospital after getting an infection in his ear that spread to the lining of h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 20, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers found a way to cut down on the computational power it requires to analyze genetic data. Now portable mini-se
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 19, 2019
Microbiology
While every effort is made to ensure that the stuff we send into space is free of Earthly contamination, microorganisms
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 17, 2019
Microbiology
Some astronauts have lived onboard the International Space Station for hundreds of days. Researchers are learning more a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 15, 2019
Health & Medicine
Tick-borne diseases have significantly increased in the U.S. in the past few years. In 2016 there were 48,610 repor
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
MAR 14, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
Cirrhosis accounts for 31,000 deaths per year. Approximately 3.5 to 4.6 million people in the U.S. are chronic
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
MAR 14, 2019
Videos
Butterball, Kroger, and Food Lion are recalling around 78,164 pounds of the ground meat because it may be contaminated w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 13, 2019
Health & Medicine
There has been a great deal of media coverage and controversy over the role of diet on disease processes such as autoimm
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
MAR 12, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
It's been difficult to study infant development in detail, but new technology can change that.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 11, 2019
Microbiology
The microbe Propionibacterium acnes has long been thought to be the cause of acne, but it can be found on everyone's ski
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2019
Videos
In 1928, Alexander Fleming found a contaminated Petri dish, and from there, humanity's use of antibiotics started.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 06, 2019
Health & Medicine
There is a consensus that the first HIV infection occurred in the 1920s in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic o
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
MAR 06, 2019
Videos
A study of over 537,000 kids showed that vaccinated children and unvaccinated children face the same risk of autism.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 03, 2019
Health & Medicine
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer and elk (cervids) has been rapidly spreading across North America and ha
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
MAR 03, 2019
Microbiology
This work shows how weather data can be used to prevent future disease outbreaks from happening.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch