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Deb Balzer (@DebBalzer)

Deb Balzer is a Senior Communications Specialist at Mayo Clinic. Joining Mayo Clinic in 2015, Deb writes, produces and collaborates on medical stories with Mayo Clinic’s leading experts, providing trusted health and medical information to help patients.

Infectious Diseases A-Z: Severe 2017-2018 flu season brings record pediatric deaths

If you were sick with the flu the first week of the new  year, you weren't alone. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)[...]

By Deb Balzer • June 11, 2018
Infectious Diseases A-Z: Measles in North America

More than 60 people from 16 states have been reported to have measles in the first four months of 2018, says the Centers for Disease[...]

By Deb Balzer • June 4, 2018
Mayo Clinic Minute: What’s an MRI, and why do I need one?

MRI stands for magnetic resonance imaging. It’s a noninvasive way for your health care provider to examine your organs, tissues and skeletal system. While an[...]

By Deb Balzer • May 31, 2018
Infectious Diseases A-Z: Importance of childhood vaccines

Childhood immunizations are an important part of ensuring people are protected from life-threatening infectious diseases. "We know that we have vaccine-preventable diseases that we’ve dramatically[...]

By Deb Balzer • May 28, 2018
Infectious Diseases A-Z: Understanding the Ebola outbreak

Global health leaders continue their work to contain the latest outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The World Health[...]

By Deb Balzer • May 21, 2018
Infectious Diseases A-Z: New evidence the HPV vaccine works

New research shows that young women between 15 and 26 who receive the HPV vaccine are protected against cervical lesions, according to findings published by[...]

By Deb Balzer • May 14, 2018
Mayo Clinic Minute: Why a dermatologist says your makeup needs a makeover

Many cosmetics have a shelf life or a best-used-by date on their labels. However, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says cosmetic manufacturers are not required to[...]

By Deb Balzer • May 11, 2018
Infectious Diseases A-Z: Over age 50? Get your shingles vaccine

All adults over 50 are encouraged to get the new shingles vaccine, Shingrix. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends Shingrix for the prevention[...]

By Deb Balzer • May 7, 2018
Mayo Clinic Minute: Stop sharing your lip balm

Besides the ick factor, Dr. Dawn Davis, a dermatologist at Mayo Clinic, says sharing your lip balm or lip moisturizer with another person is a bad idea.[...]

By Deb Balzer • May 4, 2018
Uptick in vector-borne illnesses in US and what it means to you

Illnesses caused by disease-infected ticks, mosquitoes and fleas have tripled in the U.S. in recent years, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control[...]

By Deb Balzer • May 3, 2018
Infectious Diseases A-Z: Can you be sickened by antibiotics in the food supply?

Antibiotic-resistant germs cause more than 2 million illnesses a year. And more than 400,00 people became sick from infections caused by antibiotic-resistant, foodborne bacteria, according to the[...]

By Deb Balzer • April 30, 2018
Infectious Diseases A-Z: Increasing hepatitis infections

Hepatitis, a disease characterized by inflammation of the liver, affects millions of Americans. There are three common forms: Hepatitis A This highly contagious form is[...]

By Deb Balzer • April 23, 2018
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