Infectious Diseases - August 2017 Archives

After a flood, be cautious about handling food and medications that were exposed to flood or unsafe municipal water. They may be ...

Dr. Michael Boniface, a Mayo Clinic emergency medicine physician, says injuries tend to spike after storms have passed as a result of cleanup activities. His ...

Floodwater may be contaminated, but it’s unlikely that simple skin contact will make you sick — even if raw sewage is visible. However, swallowing ...

Though most flood water eventually recedes or is removed, these water accumulations can pose significant health risks. Jessica Sheehy, infectious diseases physician assistant at Mayo Clinic Health System ...

"Back-to-school time is an important [opportunity] to talk to your kids about good hand hygiene," says Dr. Alva Roche Green, a Mayo Clinic pediatrician.  According to the ...

Should patients take their full prescribed course of antibiotics or not? That question has been the subject of a recent article published in British Medical ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am four months pregnant and live in an area where there has been a pertussis outbreak. What’s the best way to ...

It's important to teach your children good hand hygiene at home as they get ready to head back to the classroom. Dr. Robert Jacobson, a ...

Measles cases would triple if there were a 5 percent decline in measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine coverage in the U.S. for children ages ...