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CDC Reports the Return of Acute Flaccid Myelitis This Year

CDC Reports the Return of Acute Flaccid Myelitis This Year

A rare but deadly illness returns to the United States every two years and is due between August and November this year. AFM usually follows respiratory illness. The CDC's warning is focused on parents as acute flaccid myelitis are mostly occur in children and will be happening during flu season and the current pandemic.
The number of cases has gone up for the fifth consecutive year in the USA

CDC: STDs at an all-time high

The Center for Disease Control reported that cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis have gone up.

CDC Map Shows Distinctive Causes of Death for Each State

Have you ever wondered what the most distinctive causes of death were in your state? Now, you can find out with a new map from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC has published a new map showing the most distinctive causes of death in each of the 50 states in the U.S.

Health Official Warn Ebola Survivors Against Having Sex

Health officials have begun warning survivors of the Ebola virus against having unprotected sex after the virus was found in a male survivor's semen 175 days after he first developed symptoms of the virus, which it noted was 74 days longer than it has been found in other survivors.

Leprosy Rears its Ancient Head with New Cases in Florida

Health authorities in Florida have reported that three new cases of leprosy have been discovered in Volusia County over the past five months. Physicians believe that two of the patients may have been infected by the disease from the local nine-banded armadillo, which were reported to be the main carriers of the bacteria in the United States.
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