January 24, 2020
A new coronavirus is causing an outbreak of respiratory illness in the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. This outbreak began in early December 2019 and […]
August 17, 2019
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world’s deadliest diseases. In 2017, 10 million people around the world became sick with TB disease, and there were 1.3 […]
July 7, 2019
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI). Seventy-nine million Americans, most in their late teens and early 20s, are infected with HPV. […]
May 11, 2019
With an increasingly mobile population, people are traveling all over the world. Depending on their destination, they will need different types of immunizations, vaccinations, prophylaxis, etc. […]
April 26, 2019
http://speakersnetwork.com/forms/Measles.pdfSince 2000, when measles was declared eliminated in the United States, the annual number of cases has ranged from a low of 37 in 2004 to […]
February 23, 2019
Antibiotic Therapy Duration The misuse of antibiotics has contributed to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, which is now a serious and increasing threat to public […]
February 5, 2019
C. difficile, a bacterium that can cause life-threatening diarrhea, colitis, and septicemia, is a major health threat. More than 14,000 Americans die annually from C. difficile, […]
October 1, 2018
According to the latest STD surveillance report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were more reported cases of sexually transmitted diseases last year […]
January 5, 2018
This week’s Trending Topic is Shingles. Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a painful, itchy rash that develops on one side of the body and […]