Infectious Diseases
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WHAT IS IMPETIGO?
What is Impetigo? It’s a bacterial infection of the skin caused by either group A streptococcus (Strep) or Staphylococcus aureus…
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CYCLOSPORIASIS: DISEASE DU JOUR
Epidemics are big news! Pandemics are even bigger news! The media loves a good outbreak of an infectious, contagious disease…
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AFP CLINICAL ANSWERS APRIL, 2026
This is the second article based on information presented the American Family Physician journal’s section titled “Clinical Answers.” The April…
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WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PATIENT? No. 2
This is the second in a series of articles titled “What’s wrong with this patient?” In it, I will present…
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2026 FLU SEASON
Both Reuters News Service and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the CDC, are reporting that since the holidays,…
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FLU VACCINE MAY MISS THE MARK!
This flu season may be a bad one. Why? Because the flu vaccine produced and already administered to millions may…
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MMRV VACCINE HITS A SNAG
In my sixty years of association with the health care industry and the medical profession, I have never seen such…
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LONG COVID STILL AFFECTING DOCTORS, NURSES
The serious, deadly phase of the COVID-19 pandemic has ended along with the frequency of acute cases. It’s been over…
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VACCINES PROTECT CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
COVID-19 and the vaccines developed to combat it did more to erode trust in old, well-established, standard vaccines than any…
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TREATING FEVER IN CHILDREN
Fever! It’s one of the more common reasons doctors receive calls at 2:00 or 3:00 am. Viral and bacterial infections…
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