Nine countries eliminated a disease in 2024. Here’s how Pakistan pulled it off — fulfilling a young boy’s dream of eliminating blindness caused by bacterial infections.
Virus
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What to know about the ‘slapped cheek’ virus uptick in the U.S.
Most healthy people have either no symptoms or flu-like symptoms from a parvovirus B19 infection, but it can lead to serious complications for certain groups of people.
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Why kids are getting respiratory infections in bunches
RSV, or Respiratory syncytial (sin-SISH-uhl) virus, is common. But, due to the fact people have been isolating the last few years due to COVID, their immune systems haven’t learned how to handle most diseases. Now, kids are getting sicker than before.
