Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease | Viral Causes, Pathophysiology, Signs and Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment



Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (Hand-Foot-And-Mouth Disease, HFMD) is an infectious viral condition involving a rash...

Lesson on schistosomiasis (bilharziasis): Causes, Symptoms and Treatment. Schistosomiasis is caused by parasitic blood flukes from the genus schistosoma. Schistosoma cercariae penetrate human skin and enter the bloodstream of the...

Measles is a very contagious, viral infection that causes characteristic symptoms and a characteristic rash. Measles is highly transmittable, and can be spread via multiple mechanisms. In this lesson, we discuss the Measles virus, risk...

Overview of Ebola | Hemorrhagic Fever, Causes, Pathophysiology, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment Ebola is a disease caused by infection with the ebolavirus, which causes a significant hemorrhagic fever. In this lesson, we discuss some of...

Learn English vocabulary for clothing, and study the pronunciation and tricks to sound more American. Button down, bikini, panty hose, and more! Part 2

Lots of kids get the chickenpox. I know I did! I was about four years old. It was awful. But now we can learn all kinds of things about the virus called Varicella-Zoster virus, which causes chickenpox and shingles. What is its structure...

As students head back to school after the summer holidays, the Fraser Health Authority is meeting with school district superintendents to help them prepare for potential measles outbreaks. Fraser Health medical officer Lindsay Bowthorpe...

Alvin Fiddler, grand chief of the Nishnawbe Nation, discusses situation in remote northern Ontario community, where 16 children are affected

Two sisters in southwest Nova Scotia want people to know about the danger of invasive group strep A — a rare but deadly bacterial infection. After losing both of their parents within hours of each other, they're wondering why there...

The child’s mother, Katherine Palombi, 35, provided the document that shows the toddler, Melody Rain Palombi-Malgren, died Oct. 19, 2023 from complications of chronic Kawasaki disease and had the flu.

AAP leader and Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha on January 30 termed the Chandigarh mayoral polls as "unconstitutional and illegal" while calling it an act of "deshdroh". He demanded action against the presiding officer and a criminal...

Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi on December 20 raised concern over new Criminal Laws. Owaisi questioned Centre over the men’s rights in the newly-introduced laws. A new record was set up in the new Parliament building in this winter...

A warming climate means a greater tick population and more tick-borne illnesses in Canada. Ontario already tracks cases of lyme disease, but starting now, it will also track three other tick-borne illnesses, including anaplasmosis,...

Robert Fedrock, from Paris, Ont., now owns the Guinness World Record for the tallest poison ivy plant in the world. He was clearing a path through the wooded area on his farm, when he found the vine that he says looks like 'a hairy...

Sisters Emily and Alyssa Smyth, 13 and 10, both contracted COVID-19. And while Emily had mild symptoms for a few days, Alyssa had more severe symptoms and is still experiencing them months later.

After three children died in New York, questions are being raised about possible links between an inflammatory syndrome and COVID-19 in children.

Dr. Samir Gupta, a Toronto based respirologist, is warning of an increase in tick bites and tick-borne illnesses across Canada. Ticks are parasites that feed on the blood of wild animals, and are known to transmit bacteria through bites.

There is a measles outbreak in the US, with more than 100 cases across Texas and New Mexico. Here's a look at why it spreads so easily.



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