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A practical guide to how common infections spread in the US and how to prevent, recognize and manage them, from colds, flu, COVID-19 and RSV to stomach bugs, strep throat, measles, tick- and mosquito-borne illness, hepatitis A and tuberculosis.
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Unlike most sore throats, it is caused by bacteria and needs antibiotics , which shorten the illness, reduce spread and prevent rare complications suc...
Continue Reading : What People Get Wrong About Strep Throat
A throat and tonsil infection caused by group A Streptococcus bacteria. Key takeaways Most common in: children aged 5 to 15 Typical symptoms: sore thr...
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A throat and tonsil infection caused by group A Streptococcus bacteria. Key takeaways Most common in: children aged 5 to 15 Typical symptoms: sore thr...
Continue Reading : Answers to the Common Questions on Strep Throat
A throat and tonsil infection caused by group A Streptococcus bacteria. Key takeaways Most common in: children aged 5 to 15 Typical symptoms: sore thr...
Continue Reading : Strep Throat: The Quick Reference
It can cause weeks of illness and, rarely, liver failure, and it is preventable with a safe, effective vaccine. Key takeaways Childhood vaccine: 2 dos...
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It can cause weeks of illness and, rarely, liver failure, and it is preventable with a safe, effective vaccine. Key takeaways Childhood vaccine: 2 dos...
Continue Reading : What Hepatitis A Is, and Why It Matters
A liver infection caused by the hepatitis A virus, spread when tiny amounts of stool from an infected person get into food, water or onto hands. It ca...
Continue Reading : Hepatitis A: A Practical Checklist
It can cause weeks of illness and, rarely, liver failure, and it is preventable with a safe, effective vaccine. Key takeaways Childhood vaccine: 2 dos...
Continue Reading : Myths About Hepatitis A, Checked Against the Guidance
A liver infection caused by the hepatitis A virus, spread when tiny amounts of stool from an infected person get into food, water or onto hands. Key t...
Continue Reading : New to Hepatitis A? Start Here A liver infection caused by the hepatitis A virus, spread when tiny amounts of stool from an infected person get into food, water or onto hands. Key t...
Continue Reading : Your Questions About Hepatitis A, Answered A liver infection caused by the hepatitis A virus, spread when tiny amounts of stool from an infected person get into food, water or onto hands. Key t...
Continue Reading : The Short Guide to Hepatitis A Treating latent infection prevents it from turning into TB disease later, and TB disease can be cured with a full course of medicine. Key takeaways Ho...
Continue Reading : The Evidence on Tuberculosis Basics, Without the Hype Treating latent infection prevents it from turning into TB disease later, and TB disease can be cured with a full course of medicine. Key takeaways Ho...
Continue Reading : Understanding Tuberculosis Basics: A Plain-English Explainer A bacterial infection that usually affects the lungs and can stay inactive in the body (latent TB infection) or cause illness (TB disease). Treating l...
Continue Reading : Tuberculosis Basics: The Practical To-Do List Treating latent infection prevents it from turning into TB disease later, and TB disease can be cured with a full course of medicine. Key takeaways Ho...
Continue Reading : What People Get Wrong About Tuberculosis Basics