Mastodawn

#CDC "pauses" testing for #rabies, other serious #InfectiousDisease #Disease tracking is also "temporarily" halted for #mpox, other common #viruses, eg #EpsteinBarr & #VaricellaZoster (the virus that causes #Chickenpox & #HerpesZoster). #Herpes #Health www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

CDC pauses testing for rabies ...

CDC pauses testing for rabies, Epstein-Barr, monkeypox and other viruses

The CDC has paused its diagnostic testing for rabies, monkeypox and a number of other infectious diseases.

NBC News

Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴Apr 5

#CDC "pauses" testing for #rabies, other serious #InfectiousDisease

#Disease tracking is also "temporarily" halted for #mpox, other common #viruses, eg #EpsteinBarr & #VaricellaZoster (the virus that causes #Chickenpox & #HerpesZoster).

#Herpes #Health

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-pauses-testing-rabies-monkeypox-epstein-barr-viruses-rcna266377

CDC pauses testing for rabies, Epstein-Barr, monkeypox and other viruses

The CDC has paused its diagnostic testing for rabies, monkeypox and a number of other infectious diseases.

NBC News

bananabob

🇺🇦 🇵🇸Oct 13, 2025

Can you catch shingles? A GP explains what people get wrong about this common virus

https://theconversation.com/can-you-catch-shingles-a-gp-explains-what-people-get-wrong-about-this-common-virus-266653

#TheConversation #Health #Shingles #ChickenPox #VaricellaZoster

Can you catch shingles? A GP explains what people get wrong about this common virus

If you’ve had chickenpox, the virus never fully leaves your body. Years later, it can reappear as shingles. Here’s what causes it — and what doesn’t.

The Conversation

scinexx - das wissensmagazin Apr 3, 2025

Gürtelrose-Impfung schützt vor Demenz. Impfung gegen Herpesviren verringert Demenzrisiko bei Älteren um 20 Prozent. #Guertelrose #VaricellaZoster #Demenz #Impfung #Herpeszoster
https://www.scinexx.de/news/medizin/guertelrose-impfung-schuetzt-vor-demenz/

Gürtelrose-Impfung schützt vor Demenz

Doppelter Schutz: Die für ältere Menschen empfohlene Impfung gegen Gürtelrose schützt nicht nur vor der Viruserkrankung – sie senkt auch das Demenzrisiko,

scinexx | Das Wissensmagazin

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Apr 5, 2024

More than half of #chickenpox #diagnoses are wrong, study finds
#PublicHealth researchers in Minnesota found that 55% of people diagnosed with chickenpox based on their symptoms were actually negative for the #varicellazoster #virus, the virus that causes chickenpox. Lab testing showed that some of the #patients were actually infected with an #enterovirus, which can cause a rash, or the #herpessimplex virus 1, which causes cold sores.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/more-than-half-of-chickenpox-diagnoses-are-wrong-study-finds/