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What is pink eye?
What is pink eye and how long is pink eye contagious? Basic facts on types of conjunctivitis and pink eye here.
Chicken Pox Symptoms
What do chicken pox look like? We outline the signs and symptoms here with info on possible complications and when you should seek medical help for the pox.
Bird Flu Diagnosis
How do doctors diagnose bird flu? Is it better to see your doctor early or later int he cycle of the disease? And what tests are used to confirm the bird flu?
Bird Flu
What is the bird flu? An intro to the avian bird flu virus in this section.
Cold Causes and Risk Factors
How do you get a cold? And what causes the cold? Learn more about causes of the cold, and risk factors that you can avoid to prevent this illness.
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House bill eyes action plan vs HIV/AIDS
A decade ago, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected one Filipino every 72 hours. Now, it infects seven Filipinos every 24 hours, according to a House of Representatives report.
Small Fixes: How a Failure With Measles Helped to Eradicate Smallpox
Medicine might never have achieved its greatest triumph to date — eradicating smallpox — if small errors had not been made in a measles immunization program.
Tracing an elusive killer parasite in Peru
Despite what Hollywood would have you believe, not all epidemics involve people suffering from zombie-like symptoms--some can only be uncovered through door-to-door epidemiology and advanced mathematics.
Tracing an elusive killer parasite in Peru
Despite what Hollywood would have you believe, not all epidemics involve people suffering from zombie-like symptoms -- some can only be uncovered through door-to-door epidemiology and advanced mathematics. Researchers are now in the trenches combining tri
Tracing an Elusive Killer Parasite in Peru
Despite what Hollywood would have you believe, not all epidemics involve people suffering from zombie-like symptoms--some can only be uncovered through door-to-door epidemiology and advanced mathematics. Michael Levy, PhD, assistant professor of Biostatis