Infectious Diseases

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Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization, speaks to the media during a press conference with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Dr. Mike Ryan, the executive director of the WHO's Health Emergencies Program, at the Government Buildings in Dublin on Dec. 18, 2023. Ghebreyesus spoke on the topic of the pandemic treaty Saturday at the Warwick Economic Summit in Coventry, England, attending virtually from Geneva. He called the treaty, currently in dispute my member nations, "mission critical for humanity."
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WHO chief warns ‘future generations may not forgive us’ if pandemic treaty not agreed upon: ‘There will be a next time’

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February 3, 2024
Are Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and ALS prion diseases? It's a complicated question and one that involves semantics, experts say.
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Alzheimer’s disease may be transmissible, some experts say—but only in rare, unusual circumstances. Here’s how

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February 1, 2024
Some say that COVID headaches are no different than your run-of-the-mill headache. Others describe it as more of a tension or migraine-type headache.
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Have a COVID headache? What you can expect, how to treat it, and when it might go away

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January 20, 2024
Pigs in a rural area of China last year, where the H9N2 bird flu was reportedly infecting pigs and combining with swine flu. The A(H1N2)v swine flu has been detected in an individual in the UK for the first time, the region's Health Security Agency said Monday.
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The U.K. has detected its first human case of a new type of swine flu. What you need to know

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November 27, 2023
A new RSV shot for babies is in such short supply that doctors have been advised to prioritize giving the drug to infants at high risk of severe disease
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A new RSV shot for babies is in such short supply that doctors have been advised to prioritize giving the drug to infants at high risk of severe disease

By Mike Stobbe and The Associated Press
October 25, 2023
Biomedical illustration of vibrio vulnificus bacteria on black background.
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Deadly flesh-eating bacteria infections are on the rise. Here’s how to avoid catching one, according to an infectious disease expert

By Bill Sullivan and The Conversation
September 25, 2023
A replacement for Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert and frequent face on TV during the COVID pandemic, has been named 
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A replacement for Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert and frequent face on TV during the COVID pandemic, has been named 

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August 2, 2023
Tuberculosis cases and deaths are on the rise for first time in decades after efforts to control it have ‘stalled, slowed or reversed’
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Tuberculosis cases and deaths are on the rise for first time in decades after efforts to control it have ‘stalled, slowed or reversed’

By Carlos Franco-Paredes and The Conversation
July 10, 2023
A ‘Last of Us’–style fungi outbreak could obliterate crops worldwide, researchers say: ‘The imminent threat here is not about zombies, but about global starvation’
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A ‘Last of Us’–style fungi outbreak could obliterate crops worldwide, researchers say: ‘The imminent threat here is not about zombies, but about global starvation’

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May 4, 2023
Fauci says the general public ‘somehow’ didn’t get his messaging ‘that the vulnerable are really, really heavily weighted toward the elderly’
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Fauci says the general public ‘somehow’ didn’t get his messaging ‘that the vulnerable are really, really heavily weighted toward the elderly’

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April 30, 2023
An optical microscope view of Candida auris.
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Deadly drug-resistant fungus has spread across the U.S. Here’s what you need to know about Candida auris

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March 21, 2023
Cases of tickborne disease babesiosis are surging in the U.S. Northeast, the CDC warns. Here’s what you need to know
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Cases of tickborne disease babesiosis are surging in the U.S. Northeast, the CDC warns. Here’s what you need to know

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March 16, 2023
Fauci says fast-spreading COVID variants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 are ‘pretty troublesome’
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Fauci says fast-spreading COVID variants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 are ‘pretty troublesome’

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October 18, 2022
Monkeypox outbreak may have peaked in Europe and can be eliminated, WHO says
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Monkeypox outbreak may have peaked in Europe and can be eliminated, WHO says

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August 30, 2022
Polio detected in New York City’s wastewater, suggesting virus spread
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Polio detected in New York City’s wastewater, suggesting virus spread

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August 12, 2022

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