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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 >

National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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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 >

U.S. Department of Defense

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 >

Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research  

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 >

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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