The dreaded norovirus — the “vomiting bug” that often causes stomach flu symptoms — is climbing again in California, and doctors warn that a new subvariant could make…
Read more Notorious ‘winter vomiting bug’ rising in California. A new norovirus strain could make it worseThe people at highest risk for contracting hepatitis B include health care workers, IV drug users and people having sex. So why do babies get vaccinated for hepatitis…
Read more Hepatitis B vaccine Q&A: Why do babies need the shot?Infection Free Zone, now in Steam Early Access, has a basic premise: Zombies have taken over the world, driving humanity into underground bunkers to wait the plague out.…
Read more Infection Free Zone’s early access bugs weigh down its intriguing premiseDuring my five years as a doctor in Los Angeles County’s jail system, I personally saw hundreds of patients with hepatitis C who were not being treated for…
Read more Opinion: A deadly but curable disease is thriving in L.A.’s jails. That’s unacceptableA recently arrived traveler at Los Angeles International Airport is the source of the first case of measles in L.A. County since 2020. Measles is a highly infectious…
Read more L.A. County has its first measles case since 2020: What to do if you’re exposedOne in three children who have been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis experience permanent neurological disabilities as a result of the infection, scientists have warned. Meningitis causes inflammation in…
Read more Scientists warn 1-in-3 kids with meningitis suffer permanent brain damageIn the early days of the pandemic, one of the scariest and most surprising features of SARS-CoV-2 was its stealth. Initially assumed to transmit only from people who…
Read more No One Really Knows How Much COVID Is Silently Spreading … AgainDec. 16, 2022 – It’s a story perhaps more appropriate for Halloween than the festive holiday season, given its troubling implications. Four Omicron subvariants of the virus that…
Read more Rise of ‘Alarming’ Subvariants of COVID Predicted for WinterBy Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A happy holiday can go sour quickly when food poisoning joins the party. Experts from Rutgers…
Read more Keep Food Poisoning at Bay This Holiday SeasonBy Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Nov. 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning that a number of U.S. children…
Read more CDC Warns of Rare Bacterial Infections From Dentists’ Water LinesOct. 8, 2022 — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it will start updating COVID-19 case and death counts on a weekly instead of a…
Read more CDC to Switch From Daily to Weekly COVID Data UpdatesEverything You Need to Know About Getting Tested for STIs We treat sexually transmitted infections differently from other infections. If your friend has a cold, you say, “Oh,…
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