There is no cure for measles. Doctors can provide supportive care and try to manage the symptoms — reduce fever, prevent dehydration, treat secondary bacterial infections — until the disease has run ...

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The New World screwworm flies lay their eggs in wounds, noses, ears, eyes or mouths. Their eggs develop into parasitic larvae ...

The American Lung Association said sustained efforts to reduce tobacco use work, but Thomas Carr, the association’s director of national policy, said the progress is in jeopardy, especially ...

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Robert Redfield is a senior visiting fellow for biosecurity and public health policy in The Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center. A virologist, he was director of the Centers for Disease Control ...

Hospitals across Oregon are falling below national standards in preventing infections, according to the Oregon Health ...