Common infectious diseases like the flu and rarer ones like Whipple's disease can be prevented. Learn about them, their symptoms, treatment, and more.
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Symptoms of Endocarditis
Candida yeast and hyphae stages, illustration
How Candida Auris Is and Isn't Treated
chickens at a poultry farm
Bird Flu Is Still Mostly a Concern for the Birds
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What Are Viruses?
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What Is Miliary Tuberculosis?
Child's feet in dirt
What is Tinea Nigra?
A person pointing to an X-ray on the computer screen.
What Is Spinal Tuberculosis?
Woman looking in the mirror at reddened, raised skin on her face.
Symptoms of Skin Tuberculosis
What Is Skin Tuberculosis?
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For How Long Can Scabies Live in a Mattress?
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Paxlovid (Nirmatrelvir and Ritonavir) - Oral
Sad senior man lying on the hospital bed and with a nasal breathing tube for treatment respiratory. Concept of Health care for the elderly, quarantine coronavirus (COVID-19) - stock photo
Post-Sepsis Syndrome Overview
Woman holding her throat
Can You Still Get Strep Throat Without Tonsils?
Child getting his tonsils examined
Red Tonsils
Woman shielding herself from a virus
Viral vs. Bacterial Infection: What’s the Difference?
Swabs to be tested for monkeypox virus
How Mpox Is Diagnosed
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What Is Tuberculous Meningitis?
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Causes and Risk Factors of Mpox
Monkeypox rash on hands
Symptoms of Mpox
monkeypox
What Is Mpox?
Lab scientist studying virus mutation
How Do Viruses Mutate?
Pharmacist preparing antibiotic prescription
Everything to Know About Antibiotics
Muslim woman stomach pain from C. diff infection
The Long-Term Effects of C. Diff
An illustration with a person holding antibiotic pills near a bagel on a plate on a table
Every Antibiotics Question You Have, Answered
Fungal culture dish
Fungal Culture Test: What to Know
Map of pandemic hotspots
What Is the Difference Between a Pandemic and an Epidemic?
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What Are the Symptoms of an Infection?
Antibiotic sensistivity testing for bacterial cuture
What Is Antibiotic Resistance?
Fever
An Overview of Infection
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What Is Lyme Arthritis?
Antibodies respond to antigens on virus
What Is an Antigen?
Pharmacist dispensing penicillin VK
What to Know About Penicillin VK (Penicillin V Potassium)
Penicillin G injection
What to Know About Penicillin G
Woman doctor preparing injection
What to Know About Ceftriaxone
lymphadenitis
What Is Lymphadenitis?
Scientist working in a cleanroom - stock photo
What Is Candida Auris?
Young Boy Receiving an Immunization Needle stock photo
An Overview of Haemophilus Influenzae Type B (Hib)
Zecke auf einem Blatt
What You Need to Know About Getting a Tick Bite
Doctor taking child's temperature
Re-Emerging Diseases: Why Some Are Making a Comeback
illustration of a virus
Differences Between Communicable and Infectious Diseases
Epstein Barr virus
Is Epstein-Barr Virus Linked to Autoimmune Disease?
Fly on leaf
Can Flies Transmit Disease?
Petri dish containing bacterial culture being examined with inverted light microscope in microbiology lab
An Overview of Microbiology
Man blowing nose
How You May Get an Infection
Anatomy of liver, antero-visceral view.
How to Keep Yourself Safe Without a Spleen
penicillin pills
What to Know About Penicillins
Hands washing with bar of soap
Evolution and History of Personal Hygiene
Ebola virus
What Is Ebola?
Antibiotics
Choosing the Right Antibiotic for Bacterial Infections
E. coli Bacteria
An Overview of E. Coli
Cellulitis
What Is Cellulitis?
elephantiasis
An Overview of Elephantiasis
A microscopic image of Klebsiella bacteria (yellow).
An Overview of Klebsiella Pneumoniae
Babies
Gram Stain Procedure in Research and Labs
Mosquito bite
Zoonotic Diseases Passed From Animals to Humans
German measles (Rubella) rash on chest of a child
Rubella: Symptoms, Treatment, Complications, Eradication
Illustration highlighting infectious people in a crowd
R0 for Determining the Spread of Disease
Ancylostoma hookworm, illustration
Parasite Primer
A baby getting his ears checked by a doctor
Hearing Loss in Meningitis
OCP project employee collecting adult black flies, the vector for river blindness.
An Overview of Onchocerciasis (River Blindness)