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How do you get meningococcal disease? Is this Florida outbreak really contagious?
Miami Herald via AOL· 2 years agoThe meningococcal outbreak in Florida is caused by a bacteria called Neisseria meningitidis, also...
What Is Tuberculosis?
Health via Yahoo News· 8 months agoTuberculosis (TB) is a curable, contagious bacterial disease that primarily affects the lungs. According to the World Health Organization, it is the...
A meningococcal disease outbreak in the US has killed a quarter of people infected this year. Here...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMeningococcal disease can cause neck pain and stiffness.Getty A meningococcal outbreak has killed a...
Tuberculosis Could Be the Next Global Health Crisis. Is the World Ready?
Time via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe United Nations General Assembly's high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis TB is...
Did FAU study find 'flesh-eating bacteria' in Sargassum seaweed? No, contrary to reports
TCPalm | Treasure Coast Newspapers via Yahoo News· 12 months agoScientists did not find so-called “flesh-eating bacteria” in seaweed, contrary to recent news...
What Is Anthrax?
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLearn the symptoms after exposure Illustration by Zoe Hansen by Verywell Health Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD, MPH Anthrax is a rare but serious...
Got mumps, measles, chickenpox? You don't want them; get vaccinated health experts say
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoASHEVILLE - The latest data released by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services revealed...
A ‘new turning point’: Patients could soon have a new shot to protect them from deadly meningitis
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoPatti Wukovits still thinks about how she had to bury her daughter in her prom dress. In June 2012,...
Kentucky county declares outbreak for highly contagious respiratory disease
Gannett via AOL· 2 weeks agoA highly contagious respiratory illness known as pertussis has been declared an outbreak by the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department following nine confirmed cases since late April and ...
Egg-stra incentives: Backyard, free-range flocks fare well against avian flu, still face challenges
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA highly contagious bird flu virus is barreling its way through the U.S. and has culminated in the...