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• Bird Flu Research
  Influenza
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  H5N1

  H5N1 is an avian influenza virus subtype. The H5N1 flu is what is commonly meant when talking of "bird flu" or "avian influenza". It is a viral disease that causes illness in many species including ... > more
• Infectious Diseases
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  Attention Deficit Disorder
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  Transmission (medicine)

  In medicine, transmission is the passing of a disease from an infected individual or group to a previously uninfected individual or group. In order to survive, microorganisms that require human hosts ... > more
• Influenza
  Bird Flu
  Cold and Flu
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  Global spread of H5N1 in 2006

  The global spread of (highly pathogenic) H5N1 in birds is considered a significant pandemic threat. While prior H5N1 strains have been known, they were significantly different from the current H5N1 ... > more
• Allergy
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Diabetes
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  Hay fever

  Allergic rhinitis, also called pollinosis, hay fever or nasal allergies, and often also written together as hayfever, is a collection of symptoms, predominantly in the nose and eyes, that occur after ... > more
• Alternative Medicine
  Nutrition
  Immune System
  Food
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  Herbal tea

  An herbal tea, tisane, or ptisan is an herbal infusion not made from the leaves of the tea bush. Tisanes can be made with fresh or dried flowers, leaves, seeds or roots, generally by pouring boiling ... > more
• Infectious Diseases
  Diseases and Conditions
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  Infectious disease

  In medicine, infectious disease or communicable disease is disease caused by a biological agent such as by a virus, bacterium or parasite. This is contrasted to physical causes, such as burns or ... > more
• Mumps, Measles, Rubella
  Vaccines
  Infectious Diseases
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  Virology
  Diseases and Conditions
   
  

  MMR vaccine

  The MMR vaccine is a mixture of live attenuated viruses, administered via injection for immunization against measles, mumps and rubella. It is generally administered to children around the age of one ... > more
• Virology
  Viruses
  Infectious Diseases
  Invasive Species
  Pests and Parasites
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  West Nile virus

  West Nile virus is a virus of the family Flaviviridae, found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, ... > more
• Headache Research
  Fibromyalgia
  Cold and Flu
  Pain Control
  Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
   

  Tension headache

  Tension headaches, which were recently renamed tension type headaches by the International Headache Society, are the most common type of headaches. The pain can radiate from the neck, back, eyes, or ... > more
• Vaccines
  Healthy Aging
  Infectious Diseases
  Mumps, Measles, Rubella
  Viruses
  Virology
   
  

  Vaccination

  Vaccination is the process of administering weakened or dead pathogens to a healthy person or animal, with the intent of conferring immunity against a targeted form of a related disease agent. It ... > more

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