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  • 68 Articles Back in the early 1800s, one in seven Americans died from tuberculosis – an infectious disease known as TB for […]You’ve likely heard more about the Zika virus recently, both as we learn more about it and as the weather […]Update: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced that the species of mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus […]With the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil kicking off this week, there is a lot more talk […]“Come inside or you’ll catch pneumonia!” Sound familiar from your childhood? You might recall your parents or grandparents yelling this […]It’s a germy world out there, and we humans are only living in it. Bacteria, viruses, fungi and other microscopic […]Ideally, most of us want to have a clean home year-round. A clean home is sanitary, visually appealing and let’s […]Cough. Sneeze. Shiver. Hack. There are dozens, possibly hundreds of words to describe the physical symptoms we experience when we […]As crisp fall weather rolls in, there’s another change in the air. The flu. Influenza causes millions of illnesses in […]If you’re like most people, you’ve caught the flu many times. And chicken pox? Probably. Strep throat? Also likely. As […]Cue the fever, chills, cough and muscle aches. Flu season is here. And if you feel like you’ve been hit […]Vacations are for spending time with family, having fun or relaxing somewhere warm. But sometimes getting to your destination can […]