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The report details "ongoing and emerging infectious disease outbreaks" such as avian flu and other threats, the state health ...

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Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Dave Wessner is a virologist who covers infectious diseases. The mystery disease affecting people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

William Schaffner: Norovirus is an intestinal virus that can make you very, very sick. It is indelicately called winter vomiting disease, and it begins suddenly, often with an explosive vomit that ...

DOCTOR TODD ELLERIN, CHIEF OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AT SOUTH SHORE HEALTH. WE TALK ABOUT BIRD FLU. WE TALK ABOUT BIRD FLU A LOT. THERE HAVE BEEN NO HUMAN TO HUMAN INTERACTIONS IN THE U.S. WHAT’S ...