More articles about: infectious disease
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4 Things You Need to Know Right Now to Protect Yourself from the Flu
Get answers to your most pressing questions about this year's flu, including what symptoms to be concerned about, from the University of Michigan.
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Flu Can Be Deadly for Older Adults. So Why Don’t We Do More to Protect Them?
When you get a flu shot, it helps protect those around you, including those at risk of dangerous flu complications. A new poll highlights the importance of such protection.
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Form Reveals Function in New Study of HIV-Fighting Protein
How a visualization — and a new understanding — of a class of “defender proteins” may help scientists fight HIV infection.
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Sick While Traveling? Here’s What to Do (and How to Prevent It)
Michigan Medicine clinical professor offers expert advice on how to stay healthy before traveling during the holidays and tips for traveling while you're sick
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What’s It Worth? New Shingles Vaccine Offers a Chance to Measure the Value of Prevention
Learn about Shingrix, a vaccine to prevent shingles in older adults coming to market in 2018, and how this shingles immunization will continue to be evaluated.
 Pregnant woman receives her flu shot and Tdap vaccine during her third trimester
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How Vaccines Protect Moms (and Babies) During Pregnancy and Beyond
Find out the benefits of getting a flu shot and the Tdap vaccine during your third trimester of pregnancy, including how these vaccines help protect your unborn baby.
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Examining Sepsis: Could a Large Animal Model Unravel the Disease?
Get the latest information on sepsis research using a large animal model, including how this research aims to uncover new diagnostic and treatment strategies.
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Lyme Disease: the Symptoms and Stages You Need to Know [Infographic]
Find everything you need to know about lyme disease, including the signs and symptoms of lyme disease at localized and disseminated stages.
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Why Are the Elderly More Likely to Catch Flu? Mouse Study Investigates
The elderly are more susceptible to viral lung infections. New research shows an immune cell in the lungs may help explain why.
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Make Sure Your Teen Has Had These 4 Lifesaving Vaccines
Most parents know the value of vaccinations for their children, but some fail to keep up in later years. A Michigan Medicine physician offers a reminder.
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U-M Physician on Michigan Hepatitis A Outbreak: Get Vaccinated
A striking rise in hepatitis A cases in southeast Michigan may have some residents concerned. But one expert says there’s an easy and safe course of action.
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‘The Search for Exact Truths’: How Microbiologist Frederick Novy Changed the Field
A Michigan pioneer paved the way for better infectious disease prevention and care, and for medical school-based research. A new book tells his story.
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How to Stop the Lurking Toxoplasmosis Parasite? Target Its ‘Stomach’
The stubborn cyst form of a common parasite can’t cause disease without a key digestion factor, new mouse research shows. This suggests an avenue for future treatments.
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STD Treatment for Two? Study Shows Patient Value, Cost Savings
States that allow doctors to treat a patient’s sexual partner without an in-person visit may find more success lowering rates of sexually transmitted diseases.
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Revealed: How a Virus Tricks Cells into Helping It Build an Invasion Route
Polyomavirus harnesses cellular “motors” to bring together the supplies that can build a portal for itself, researchers show.
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