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Ebola continues to impact survivors as epidemic wanes
Ebola virus disease survivors often complained of headache, musculoskeletal pain, and ocular symptoms during the weeks after they tested negative...
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Zika more complex public health challenge than Ebola
The vector-borne and often asymptomatic nature of Zika virus infection makes it a more complex public health challenge than Ebola, researchers say...
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Zika diagnostic test available from CDC to certified labs
CDC must confirm positive results
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U.S. flu activity at its highest level yet
Activity of influenza-like illness (ILI) was at its highest level so far for week 18 of the 2015-2016 flu season, the Centers for Disease Control...
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Rheumatic problems plague chikungunya patients
Key clinical point: Individuals traveling to the Caribbean should be counseled about the possible acute and long-term health risks associated with...
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Ebola patients treated in the West showed 81.5% survival
Overall survival was 81.5% for the 27 patients with Ebola virus infection who were treated in the United States or Europe during the recent...
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Influenza linked to atrial fibrillation in large observational study
A diagnosis of influenza increased the risk of subsequent atrial fibrillation by about 18%, investigators reported online in Heart Rhythm.
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CDC: Zika virus expected to spread through Puerto Rico
Updated Zika virus figures from the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico show that more than two dozen locally acquired cases have occurred since...
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Borrelia mayonii is new cause of Lyme disease variant
A new species of Borrelia appears to cause a variant of Lyme disease.
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New evidence strengthens link between Zika and microcephaly
Two reports, published Feb. 10 in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and in the New England Journal of Medicine, confirm through laboratory...
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Dexamethasone harmful for patients with HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis
Adjunctive dexamethasone not only failed to decrease mortality, it actually induced more disability and adverse events than placebo in patients...