Image: uu yersinia pestis; CC BY 2.0 Deed In the 14th century, the plague, also known as the “Black Death,” killed over 25 million people
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Image by: Ryszard, CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED With cases of babesiosis increasing in the United States over the past decade, this lesser-known tick-borne disease has
Image by: Image by: Shawn Carpenter; CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED The 2024 Olympics have begun, and more than 10 million people are expected to be
Image courtesy of NIAID and CDC; CC-BY 2.0 DEED The recent rise in highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 cases among humans, poultry, and dairy
Image by: NIAID; CC BY 2.0 DEED Japan has been facing an increase in cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in recent months.1 Streptococcal toxic
Image by: Oli; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, is a highly contagious and deadly disease that primarily infects birds.
Image courtesy of NIAID; CC-BY 2.0 DEED Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, was discovered in 1958 and is caused by the monkeypox virus. Mpox spreads
Image courtesy of NIAID; CC-BY 2.0 DEED A public health emergency for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was announced on January 30, 2020 by
Image courtesy of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health The recorded number of syphilis cases in the United States is
Image courtesy of Focal Foto; CC-BY-NC 2.0 DEED. On January 24, 2024, Ohio legislatures banned gender-affirming care for minors, overriding Republican Governor Mike De Wine’s