This guide includes an overview of practices for the prevention and management of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBI) by healthcare professionals practicing in public health or ...

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Diabetes-related blood sugar imbalance can weaken your immune system, making you prone to infections. Frequent respiratory infections like pneumonia might also signal uncontrolled diabetes.

Complicated infections may require complex treatments. Tinea cruris, commonly known as jock itch, is another common fungal skin infection. These fungi love warm and damp environments and thrive in ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released new estimates suggesting around 846 million people aged between 15 and 49 live with a genital herpes infection. That's equivalent to one in ...

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