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Photo of a child exhibiting the “slapped cheek” rash
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Parvovirus B19 is spreading across the U.S. What to know about ‘slapped cheek’ disease

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August 19, 2024
The U.S. is in the midst of what has become an annual summer surge in COVID cases.
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Here’s where COVID cases are spiking in the U.S.

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August 19, 2024
Dr. Donald Dumford, an infectious disease specialist at Cleveland Clinic Akron General, recommends taking a COVID-19 test if you suspect you have a respiratory infection.
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The summer COVID surge has arrived. Here’s the latest on symptoms and treatment

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August 7, 2024
The FDA lost a whistleblower complaint about unsanitary conditions at an infant formula plant for a year, auditors revealed
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The FDA lost a whistleblower complaint about unsanitary conditions at an infant formula plant for a year, auditors revealed

By The Associated Press and Devi Shastri
June 14, 2024
SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, can cause ocular infection by breaching the blood-retinal barrier, layers of cells that shield the retina, the part of your eye that senses light, from microbial pathogens.
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COVID can seriously damage your vision, even if you didn’t have symptoms, new study says. Experts say to watch for these signs

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June 11, 2024
It's not clear why syphilis rose 9% in 2022 while gonorrhea dropped 9%, officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, adding that it's too soon to know whether a new downward trend is emerging for the latter.
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The US syphilis rate has hit a near 75-year high. Scientists are baffled

By Mike Stobbe and The Associated Press
January 30, 2024
Fortune
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A little-known lung infection that can cause severe symptoms and has no approved vaccine is stealing the spotlight from COVID

By Ilena Peng and Bloomberg
June 1, 2023
How officials cracked case of eyedrops that blinded people: ‘A public health victory’
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How officials cracked case of eyedrops that blinded people: ‘A public health victory’

By Mike Stobbe and The Associated Press
February 28, 2023
Aerial view of the hands of a scientist at work
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Can you catch COVID-19 twice in 20 days? A Spanish health care worker did, suggesting previous infections offer little protection against Omicron

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April 21, 2022
A nurse in London ties a tourniquet on a patient’s arm, preparing to draw a blood sample
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There’s one big difference between Omicron and Delta symptoms, a major new study finds. Here’s how to tell them apart

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April 8, 2022
Scott Gottlieb
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China just locked down 50 million people amid ‘stealth Omicron’ fears. The former FDA head predicts what happens next

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March 15, 2022
A diner wears a protective mask outside a restaurant in San Francisco
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The next COVID subvariant is here and may be even more contagious than Omicron

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March 2, 2022
A young girl is given a nucleic acid test for COVID-19 by a health worker at a private testing site on January 13, 2022 in Beijing, China.
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Doctor predicts half the world will have Omicron within a month, but WHO warns it’s ‘dangerous’ to assume it’s the end of the pandemic

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January 25, 2022
A woman gets a COVID test in North Miami
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Where the Omicron wave has already peaked, and where infection rates may start dropping soon

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January 14, 2022
Is ‘super immunity’ a myth? Here’s what we know so far
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Is ‘super immunity’ a myth? Here’s what we know so far

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December 30, 2021

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