Infectious Diseases - November 2018 Archives

The 2018 flu season is expected to get active in the U.S. over the coming weeks. Health officials hope to avoid a repeat of the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a food safety alert involving romaine lettuce and the foodborne illness E. coli. The CDC statement says: ...

Raw turkey products have been linked to an outbreak of salmonella infection affecting 164 people in 35 states, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The outbreak does ...

Listen: Mayo Clinic Radio 11/17/18 On the Mayo Clinic Radio podcast, Dr. Gregory Poland, director of the Vaccine Research Group at Mayo Clinic, discusses ...

Flu vaccination options for children The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends a yearly flu vaccine for all children 6 months and older — ...

The 2017–2018 flu season was difficult. More than 900,000 people were hospitalized and more than 80,000 Americans died of the flu during the winter of 2017–2018, ...

Penicillin is a powerful antibiotic that has saved millions of lives since its discovery in 1928. Now, 90 years later, overuse of this and other ...

The 2017–2018 flu season was difficult. More than 900,000 people were hospitalized and more than 80,000 Americans died of the flu during the winter of 2017–2018, ...

A record-breaking 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2017, according to preliminary estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most of those ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’m a 32-year-old woman, and I’ve always gotten a Pap test at the recommended time. Now my doctor suggests that I get ...

Reported cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, have been on the rise since the 1980s, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

A record-breaking 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2017, according to preliminary estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most of those ...