Foreign doctors and nurses are trying, for instance, to stem the spread of infectious diseases.
The cancer society's rise coincided with the taming of infectious diseases and lengthening life spans.
Kanye West's eternally infectious "Golddigger" hit enshrines it in its very chorus, for example.
He has that combination of humility, infectious enthusiasm, as well as idealism and naivety.
The letter covers the foundation's wide-ranging efforts in infectious diseases, agricultural innovation and education.
She spent 90 days in isolation at home, until she was no longer infectious.
As far as infectious diseases, global public health has never been stronger than it is today.
The joy on the faces of the performers and director David Warren is infectious.
Two hundred scientists will study infectious diseases and other global health issues at the centre.
But Opko is also determined to go into oncology, infectious diseases, and neurological disorders.
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D. is the Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health.
Continuous cleansing draws out infectious materials, keeps out new contaminants, and saves limbs and lives.
And these infectious patients spread resistant bacteria to other patients in a hospital setting.
If bacteria are resistant to an antibiotic, they allow patients to be infectious longer.
But it underscores the bigger fear: that the disease might mutate and become broadly infectious.
"It's very underutilized, " says Edward Chapnick, an infectious disease specialist at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn.
But TB remains the leading cause of death by infectious disease in the country's adults.
Since treatment reduces viral load, it should, in theory, make those being treated less infectious.
Kyle Petersen, an infectious disease specialist at National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) in Bethesda, Md.
Anthrax is an infectious, potentially fatal disease caused by a spore-forming bacterium known as Bacillus anthracis.
He says laws barring potentially infectious people from traveling only work if they're uniform among nations.
Unfortunately, if you've got a highly infectious disease you have to resist that impulse.
There, Hannah Gay, a pediatrician and infectious-disease expert, ordered an HIV test for the infant.
Treatment can last for years, but TB patients aren't infectious for the entire course of treatment.
"There's been a dearth of innovation around infectious disease, " said Kleiner Perkins partner Brook Byers.
His energy, enthusiasm and infectious smile have become endearing hallmarks for the four-time all star.
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Avian influenza "never became a man-to-man disease, " said Dr. Lo Wing-Luk, an infectious disease expert.
"The mix of infectious diseases and second-hand smoke is a deadly combination, " Mr Peruga said.
Researchers are also working on needle-less vaccines and jabs against non-infectious diseases such as certain cancers.
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"It has memory, similar to when we were vaccinated against infectious diseases" like measles.
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