Duchon added, “If you’ve had hand, foot and mouth and afterwards, or towards the end of the virus, you’re feeling really, really tired or having trouble breathing, those are things that are really ...

HFMD primarily spreads in the summer and fall, though it can occur any time of year. While most cases are considered mild and ...

Responsibility for public health protection from communicable diseases exists at three government levels in the U.S. (federal, state/tribe, and local/municipal), with states having the authority to ...

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Tuberculosis (TB) is once again the infectious disease responsible for the most deaths worldwide, according to a Tuesday announcement from the World Health Organization (WHO). The contagious disease ...

John V. Williams is a professor of pediatrics, microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of Pittsburgh. In the year 2000, Dutch scientists went on a mission of exploration – not to ...

For most of the past century, the United States’ track record on infectious disease has been quite good. Thanks to major investments in public health, diseases such as smallpox, polio, yellow fever, ...

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Rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns and extreme weather events create ideal conditions for pathogens and their ...

The WHO has declared a global health emergency of international concern over Mpox. Cases are currently spreading in Africa, with the first case reported outside of the continent, in Sweden, after ...