By Amelia Thyen Photo courtesy of Neil R; CC-BY-NC. In the United States (US), Lyme disease is spread through the bite of a deer tick
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By Alyson Speshock Photo courtesy of Government of Prince Edward Island; CC-BY-NC-ND. On July 21, 2022, the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) reported
By: Kelsey Sweeney Photo courtesy of NIAID Ghana has recently declared its first outbreak of Marburg virus, a highly infectious, zoonotic disease from the same
By: Amelia Thyen Photo courtesy of Tullio Saba Polio is on the short list of infectious diseases with the potential to be completely eradicated from
By: Kelsey Sweeney Image courtesy of nerissa’s ring; CC-BY U.S. health and safety regulators are supposed to conduct annual inspections of baby formula plants to
By: Amelia Thyen Image courtesy of Internet Archive Book Images, 1889. Ramsay Hunt syndrome, named for the neurologist who first described the illness, is a
By: Makayla Ross Image Courtesy of Victoria Reay; CC-BY Over 75% of all emerging pathogens that infect humans are zoonotic in origin, meaning that they
By: Makayla Ross Image courtesy of NIAID; CC-BY. The Current Situation Over 900 confirmed cases of monkeypox have now been reported in 28 countries where
By: Makayla Ross Image courtesy of NIAID; CC-BY-SA. On April 23rd, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared a new outbreak of Ebola, marking the
By: Caroline Pane Image Credit: Animal People Forum. CC-BY-NC. The United Kingdom Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has warned dog owners in the United