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WHO Investigates Undiagnosed Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

January 21, 2025 Jacqueline Powers

Image: NIH Image Gallery; CC BY-NC 2.0 At the end of October 2024, an outbreak of an unknown pathogen emerged in the Panzi health zone

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What to Know About the Plague Case Identified in Colorado

September 5, 2024September 6, 2024 Jacqueline Powers

Image: uu yersinia pestis; CC BY 2.0 Deed In the 14th century, the plague, also known as the “Black Death,” killed over 25 million people

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Babesiosis: An Emerging Tick-Borne Disease in the U.S.

August 20, 2024September 6, 2024 Ruviha Homma

Image by: Ryszard, CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED With cases of babesiosis increasing in the United States over the past decade, this lesser-known tick-borne disease has

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Should We Be Worried About Dengue at the 2024 Paris Olympics?

July 31, 2024September 6, 2024 Jacqueline Powers

Image by: Image by: Shawn Carpenter; CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED The 2024 Olympics have begun, and more than 10 million people are expected to be

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Growing Concerns Over Avian Influenza in the United States: Risk, Curation Efforts, and Recommended Resources

July 30, 2024September 6, 2024 Jacquelin Sauer

Image courtesy of NIAID and CDC; CC-BY 2.0 DEED The recent rise in highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 cases among humans, poultry, and dairy

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The Rise of Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS) in Japan

July 23, 2024September 6, 2024 Ruviha Homma

Image by: NIAID; CC BY 2.0 DEED Japan has been facing an increase in cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in recent months.1 Streptococcal toxic

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What to Know About Avian Influenza (H5N1)

May 9, 2024September 6, 2024 Kelsey Toups

Image by: Oli; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, is a highly contagious and deadly disease that primarily infects birds.

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Mpox Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo

April 11, 2024September 3, 2024 Larsan Czoty

Image courtesy of NIAID; CC-BY 2.0 DEED Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, was discovered in 1958 and is caused by the monkeypox virus. Mpox spreads

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Four Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going

March 20, 2024September 3, 2024 Larsan Czoty

Image courtesy of NIAID; CC-BY 2.0 DEED A public health emergency for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was announced on January 30, 2020 by

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Antibiotics Shortage Threatens Decades of Work to Eradicate Syphilis in the United States

February 28, 2024September 3, 2024 Jacquelin Sauer

Image courtesy of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health The recorded number of syphilis cases in the United States is

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