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Infectious disease is a branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and management of infectious disease, especially for complex cases and immunocompromised patients.

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COVID-19 Disease Backgrounder

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Understanding Risk Information Seeking and Processing during an Infectious Disease Outbreak

This study draws on the Planned Risk Information Seeking Model (PRISM) to assess Zika virus information seeking and systematic processing, paying particular attention to the relationship between perceived knowledge and knowledge insufficiency. Novel...

C. Greg Childress, MD

Provider Education Infectious Disease FellowshipMedical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University Internal Medicine and Pediatric ResidencyMedical College...

Coronavirus testing Seattle's infectious disease response

It took only weeks for the coronavirus to spread from animal markets in Wuhan to it's first American case in Washington. The experience of healthcare providers in the Puget Sound health system shows how they might handle coronavirus...

State TB treatment facility in San Antonio to help with coronavirus evacuees

SAN ANTONIO – The Texas Department of State Health Services is ready to help provide support for coronavirus evacuees at JBSA-Lackland.According to a news release, the Texas Center for Infectious Disease, the state’s tuberculosis treatment facility i...

Diamond Princess cruise passengers disembark after 14-day quarantine ends in Japan, raising ...

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Infectious Disease Expert Discusses Fleas and Cat Scratch Fever

Prof. Scott WeeseProf. Scott Weese, Department of Pathobiology at the Ontario Veterinary College, spoke to the Toronto Star about the illness known as “cat-scratch fever.”The condition, officially called Cat-Scratch Disease, is caused by bartonella b...

Disease Specialist Kicked Off of Diamond Princess

There’s been a lot of news in recent weeks around Japan’s handling of the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) infection. Lately, attention has centered on the Diamond Princess, the cruise ship that Japanese authorities placed under a two-week quarantine aft...

Infectious Disease Detectives: A Virtual Reality Experience

Journey through virtual reality to Dhaka, Bangladesh and see how a research team uses a new tool called IDseq to quickly detect the source of a meningitis outbreak. IDseq is a real-time pathogen detection dashboard, created by the Chan Zuckerberg Ini...

Coronavirus Disease 2019 vs. the Flu

Influenza “the flu” and COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus, are both infectious respiratory illnesses. Although the symptoms of COVID-19 and the flu can look similar, the two illnesses are caused by different viruses. As of...

Coronavirus live updates: Hong Kong says a second person has died, China death toll tops 2000

This is a live blog. Please check back for updates.All times below are in Beijing time.3:27 pm: China's Q1 growth could be as low as 3.5%, says Morgan StanleyChina's economic growth in the first quarter could fall to as low as 3.5% if the outbreak is...

China COVID-19 cases rise, as do worries over Diamond Princess risk

China today reported 1,886 new COVID-19 cases, as Japanese health officials reported that 88 more people on the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship tested positive for the novel coronavirus.Meanwhile, South Korea recently detected two illnesses...

First Ebola, Now Coronavirus. Why an Omaha Hospital Gets the Toughest Cases.

In the years after the Sept. 11 attacks, officials at Nebraska Medical Center envisioned a time when the nation would need a large, secure treatment center to guard against the threats of bioterrorism and infectious diseases. They spent $1 million to...

HHS partners with drug makers on COVID-19 vaccine, drugs

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is partnering with Sanofi Pasteur and Johnson & Johnson to develop vaccines and therapeutics to use against COVID-19, according to press releases from the drug makers and HHS today.Sanofi annou...

It's too early to tell whether the coronavirus is actually slowing in China, NIH doctor says

China may be reporting fewer new cases of coronavirus and fewer infection-related deaths, but it does not mean the country's outbreak is slowing, immunologist Anthony Fauci told CNBC on Tuesday."I think we need to give it a few more days to determine...