Polio

Polio is a potentially disabling and life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus. Most U.S. adults...
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RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus)
RSV (Respiratory syncytial virus) is a common respiratory virus that generally spreads during fall and winter. Nearly all children will get RSV for the first time before the age of two. It’s possible to get RSV more than once and...
Safe Injection Practices
Unsafe injection practices can be a serious threat to a patient’s health.
TB Basics
TB is spread through the air when a person with active TB disease coughs, laughs, sings or sneezes. Latent TB infection cannot be spread from one person to another.
TB Testing and Diagnosis
The TB skin test and the IGRA blood test are both used to detect latent TB infection. A positive result indicates infection with TB bacteria, but can't tell if a person has a latent TB infection or TB disease.
TB Treatment
TB can be treated with antibiotics and successfully cured in most people.Treatment may last for at least six months and sometimes for as long as a year.