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Find information on infectious disease and common infections such as cold and flu.


What is infectious disease?

Understand infectious disease, from the spread of infectious disease to vaccine protection.

Infection treatment

Explore treatment of common infectious diseases, such as cold and flu, and more selective infections, such as STDs and hepatitis.
Cold remedies: What works, what doesn't, what can't hurt Cold remedies have been around nearly as long as cold viruses. But do any of these remedies really work? Find out.

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INFECTIOUS DISEASE


May 9, 2008