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Ron Smith, MD


Monday, 10 July 2023

Antibiotic shortages {Bicillin-LA or benzathine G penicillin} expected to worsen syphilis epidemic


Friday, 7 July 2023

‘Like Nothing Seen Before’ — Swedish Researchers Warn of ‘Alarming’ Rise of Antibiotic Resistant Diseases in Ukraine


Tuesday, 27 June 2023

CDC: Florida, Texas Have First US Malaria Cases Since 2003


Wednesday, 14 June 2023

Super-engineered vaccines created to help end polio


Sunday, 4 June 2023

Bird flu outbreak more virulent than ever recorded - study


Saturday, 3 June 2023

First measles case in Maryland since 2019 reported in Montgomery County

The infected individual visited the Cabin John Ice Rink in Bethesda on May 24 between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m., and also went to an office building at 16220 Frederick Road in Gaithersburg between 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday



Friday, 2 June 2023

CDC Warns of Potentially Fatal Gulf Coast Bacteria


Wednesday, 31 May 2023

Pakistani Police Say Gunmen Kill 1 Soldier and Wound Another in Attack on Polio Workers


Tuesday, 30 May 2023

New China COVID Wave Predicted to Infect 65M Weekly


Monday, 29 May 2023

Bacillus cereus: Re-heating rice can put you at risk for this potentially fatal disease

How many times do you reheat the leftover rice you made? If it's more than once and the weather is hot simultaneously, you may get fried rice syndrome!


Tularemia in Child in Pueblo County, Colorado

The Pueblo County, Colorado Department of Heath confirmed that a child in Pueblo County had been infected with a rare infectious disease called tularemia or rabbit fever. Tularemia may be present in some animals, particularly rabbits, rodents, and hares.

First Monkeypox Death of 2022

The first death from the flavivirus Monkeypox has been reported in Nigeria. Chinedu Asadu reports that the patient who succumbed to the viral infection was, in fact, immunocompromised.