Nearly one out of every 10 people who gets sick with Legionnaires’ dies because of complications from the illness. Here’s what to know about prevention, detection and treatment.
Tag: Respiratory Diseases
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Can Exercise Strengthen Your Immunity?
Recent research suggests that people who work out have stronger resistance to infectious diseases — including Covid — but experts say the findings need to be tested further.
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This Is Not the Monkeypox That Doctors Thought They Knew
The patients turning up at clinics often have a range of symptoms that are not typical of the infection. Some of the infected seem to have no symptoms at all.
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What Are Burn Pits, and How Did They Harm U.S. Troops?
Veterans and their advocates describe continuously burning fires on overseas bases that consumed the military’s trash and produced toxic smoke.