Infection prevention in senior living facilities has come a long way since the onset of COVID-19, but significant risks remain. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an ...

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An ant, no longer in control of its body, crawls away from its colony, hangs perilously on a leaf, and waits to die as a fungus consumes its body, emerges from its head, and releases spores into the ...

Findings underscore the risk for graded exercise in people with post-exertional malaise and point to careful activity pacing as a safer approach.

Authorities in Dedham are investigating after a “variety” of headless bird carcasses were dumped in the town’s Mother Brook Reservation just days after Christmas, officials said this week. Animal ...

I expect this year we’re going to see the peak now,” Dr. Tom Hrisomalos, infectious disease physician at IU Health, said ...

Alberta health officials are flagging the circulation of a rare bacteria known as Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) among homeless adults living in Calgary. A memo to emergency departments and ...

The Principal Secretary for Public Health and Professional Standards, Mary Muthoni, has urged women across the country to ...

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