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Ron Smith, MD


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!



Friday, 19 May 2023

New Case of Powassan Disease Confirmed; Experts Warn of Tick-Borne Virus As It Spreads Across U.S.


Wednesday, 10 May 2023

HIV Survivors 40 Years After AIDS Virus Discovered


Wednesday, 3 May 2023

FDA Approves First RSV Vaccine from GSK

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved GSK Plc's respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, the British drugmaker said on Wednesday, making it the first shot to be cleared for protection against a common respiratory disease that can be fatal for older people. The vaccine, Arexvy, was approved for people aged 60 and older, the company said


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.