hepatitis a

Florida recently declared a statewide emergency because of an inordinately large number of hepatitis A infections.

The homelessness crisis in several major cities across the United States is a national embarrassment. And the news keeps getting worse.

Unless they're eradicated smallpox-style, infectious diseases never disappear. Like an unlucky penny, they can show up at any time.

As if we didn't have enough problems, for example, a particularly nasty strain of influenza going around, another infection which is normally

For the vast majority of people who live in the developed world, infectious disease is an afterthought.

OK, everyone, let's take an informal poll.