Ebola Victims Still Infectious a Week After Death, Scientists Find
People who die of Ebola probably remain infectious for at least a week after death, according to a new study. The findings underscore how important it is to safely handle…
Tag: infectious
Do Not Bring Your Kids To ‘Measles Parties,’ Doctors Warn
California health officials and doctors are strongly urging parents not to intentionally expose their kids to infectious diseases after news broke that anti-vaccination parents may be throwing “measles parties” so…
Why Some Vaccines Require More Than One Dose
Despite being declared beaten in 2000, measles is back, due largely to declining vaccination rates in parts of the United States. “We should not be in this boat,” Dr. Pritish…
Do Your Bit To Fight Flu: Stay Home And Watch TV
Could staying home from work and school and watching television be a patriotic act? It just might be, if the goal is to stop the spread of a deadly infectious…
Twins Discover The Delight Of Peekaboo, Entertain Themselves Appropriately
A pair of 9-month-old twins discovered the joys of playing peekaboo with a curtain, and their unadulterated delight is truly infectious. Sometimes the simplest things in life are truly the…