When we hear the word mumps, we picture a young boy wearing wool trousers and suspenders with comically swollen cheeks, left behind while his family
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Everything hurt. For the first time in my life, I could feel the tiny muscles behind my eyeballs. And they ached. It all ached. I
We’ve been through this before here on The Disease Daily. Our avid readers know that tuberculosis has been around for centuries, though not always by
Since 1993, World Water Day marks an annual international event that brings attention to a specific aspect of freshwater, ranging from the theme of women
Like that sweet boy from 10th grade biology who always carried your books, antibiotics are being taken for granted. For decades, we have asked too
It’s the season for coughing, sneezing, fever, sore throat and body aches. If you haven’t had the flu or another respiratory illness in the last
Welcome, dear reader, to the first (of what we hope to be many) post in our new Digital Disease Detection column. My name is Elaine
Don’t be surprised if you’ve never heard of Zika virus. It’s a relatively unknown mosquito-borne infection that causes only mild illness and is barely distinguishable
There’s big news today in the world of public health professionals focused on immunization (or as I like to think of us, vaccinerds.) The updated
We’ve covered a lot of diseases over the past few years, but what we haven’t covered much of are the vectors that carry them. A