viral diseases
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Don’t Mistake These Skin Conditions for Monkeypox
Monkeypox is the latest emerging germ to alarm public health experts, with over 4,000 reported cases globally this year. While this viral illness may not be as fast-spreading as COVID-19, it’s threatening to shift from a zoonotic disease, rarely spread from rodents, to something that regularly jumps between humans from here on out, perhaps predominantly…
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India Is Trying to Contain Latest Outbreak of Deadly Nipah Virus After 12-Year-Old Dies
Health officials in India are trying to stop the spread of yet another serious infectious disease. Over the weekend, a 12-year-old boy died from an infection caused by the Nipah virus, a highly lethal germ spread from bats or contaminated food that can also spread between people. Hundreds of people potentially exposed to the boy…
