Tick-borne diseases are common throughout the United States, and most cases are treated effectively. A rarely diagnosed tick-borne infection, the Bourbon virus, transmitted by the common lone star tick, could soon begin to ...
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The plague has killed more people than World War II. The bacterium Yersinia pestis (Yp), which causes plague, has triggered three major pandemics throughout history, leaving behind a casualty toll of more than 200 million ...
India has approved its first dengue vaccine, authorizing the use of Japanese drugmaker Takeda's Qdenga jab, the Health Ministry said Tuesday.
Jul 21, 2026
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Antimicrobial resistance in children is rising globally and will worsen over the next decade, threatening the effectiveness of life-saving antibiotics, according to the world's first monitoring platform. The study, led by ...
Jul 20, 2026
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Stress appears to play a role in women with young children who are diagnosed with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection, known as Long COVID, and those who report having Long COVID symptoms. This finding, based on results ...
Jul 23, 2026
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More than a quarter of the world's population is affected by helminth infections, which can profoundly alter the immune system. In a preclinical study, researchers found that mRNA- and protein-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccines effectively ...
Jul 20, 2026
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Certain antibiotics are overused in most countries, while too few people receive the specific antibiotic treatments they need, according to a study of antibiotic use across 186 countries published in The Lancet Public Health ...
Jul 22, 2026
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Federal health officials are investigating a new outbreak involving the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora.
Jul 23, 2026
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Although the COVID-19 pandemic has largely subsided, scientists continue to investigate why the virus proved so deadly, causing at least 3 million deaths worldwide, according to the latest estimates by the World Health Organization ...
Jul 20, 2026
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When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down international travel in 2020, Michigan State University researcher Eric Benbow faced a problem. A $2.5 million research project designed to study an environmental pathogen in South America ...
Jul 22, 2026
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