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Infectious Disease Screening in Substance Use Treatment Programs Effective, Study Finds
07 Aug 2025 17:45 GMT
… significantly increased completion of hepatitis A virus (HAV), hepatitis B virus (HBV … al. Effectiveness of an Embedded Infectious Disease Screening, Treatment, and Prevention … Use Treatment Program. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. https://doi. …
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Debilitating illness once dismissed as ‘yuppie flu’ actually has genetic causes: study
07 Aug 2025 23:45 GMT
… hypochondria” and labeled the “yuppie flu” by doctors, despite its often … began after recovering from an infectious illness.
Another genetic marker overlaps …
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A bat has tested positive for rabies in El Paso County
07 Aug 2025 19:59 GMT
… by people.
Wildlife suffering from rabies will often act aggressively and … elpasocountyhealth.org/infectious-diseases-public-health-response/infectious-diseases-2/report … precautions to prevent rabies:
Vaccinate your pets against rabies by using a …
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HHS ends funding for avian flu mRNA vaccines for people
07 Aug 2025 16:36 GMT
… infections like COVID and flu. We’re shifting that … like emerging infectious diseases, according to its website.
Avian flu vaccine contract … develop a vaccine against avian influenza in people. That contract … including an mRNA avian flu vaccine in the works …
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Continuing the Fight Against Infectious Disease: Attend Health Watch USA’s 20th Annual Conference
06 Aug 2025 18:03 GMT
As infectious diseases evolve, so must health … Watch USA Conference, themed Combating Infectious Disease Challenges, brings together an … Studies on the Ecology of Influenza in Animals and Birds, … and prevention of a bird flu pandemic.
Wilmore Webley, PhD, …
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Warning: This is the most infectious disease ever recorded in the world; and it's still spreading
06 Aug 2025 06:19 GMT
A major study published in WHO found that nearly 67 million children worldwide missed one or more routine vaccines between 2019 and 2022, with measles and pertussis (whooping cough) topping the list of high-risk outbreaks. The researchers called it " …
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Bat from Beavertail State Park Tests Positive for Rabies
06 Aug 2025 23:45 GMT
… s Center for Acute Infectious Disease Epidemiology at 401-222- … ultimately resulting in death. Rabies treatment must be started … have current vaccination against rabies. Vaccination of pets prevents … them from contracting rabies and prevents people from …
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Universal Hepatitis C Screening in Pregnancy: Progress Made, But Challenges Remain
06 Aug 2025 23:00 GMT
… during pregnancy demonstrate that universal infectious disease screening in this setting … and Gynecologists. Practice Advisory: Hepatitis C Screening in Pregnancy. May … the Study of Liver Diseases; Infectious Diseases Society of America; European Association …
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US Health Secretary RFK Jr halts funding for vaccines to fight Covid-19 and flu
06 Aug 2025 16:07 GMT
… against viruses like the flu, Covid-19 and H5N1 … video.
‘Dangerous decision’
Infectious disease experts say the mRNA technology … of Minnesota expert on infectious diseases and pandemic preparations.
He … speed up production of flu jabs compared with traditional …
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Bat at Beavertail State Park tests positive for rabies. What to know.
06 Aug 2025 09:49 GMT
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What to know about rabies
Rabies is a fatal disease if … ’s Center for Acute Infectious Disease Epidemiology at 401-222- … have current vaccination against rabies. Vaccination of pets prevents … pets.
How to prevent rabies
To prevent rabies, people should:
Make …