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Get tips on protecting yourself from infections when you get medical care.... Details >
National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Learn how to recognize and prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a potentially dangerous type of staph bacteria that is resistant to certain antibiotics and may cause skin and ot... Details >
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This page links to tuberculosis (TB) related questions, including what is TB, what is latent TB infection, and what is active TB disease.... Details >
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This brochure offers information on preventing infectious diseases through proper handwashing, food preparation techniques, immunizations, care in handling pets, and more.... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
This Department of Defense site provides information on the threat of anthrax as a weapon, the disease caused by anthrax, and the anthrax vaccine.... Details >
This document provides information on the dangers of flu to children and those who are at increased risk for flu complications, vaccination recommendations, and when to get your child vaccinated. ... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
This fact sheet provides tips for travelers to cholera-endemic areas to lower one's risk of contracting cholera... Details >
General information about the common cold including symptoms, causes, transmission, prevention, treatment and diseases associated with the cold virus. Some information on research included also.... Details >
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Emerging Infectious Diseases is a monthly journal providing the latest on CDC's efforts against the threat of emerging infections.... Details >
A “ventilator-associated pneumonia” or “VAP” is a lung infection or pneumonia that develops in a person who is on a ventilator in a hospital. Find out what you can do to prevent VAP.... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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