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Hotez: Chagas poses threat to Texas, Western Hemisphere

December 9, 2015 Andy Phifer, chagas, Dr. Peter Hotez, Healthcare, infectious disease, National School of Tropical Medicine, Tropical Diseases, Tropical Medicine

It has a funny name, but the kissing bug isn’t a laughing matter. The kissing bug (pictured below) is the source of Chagas disease, a

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Myths about autism and vaccine spacing

September 30, 2015 Autism, Dr. Peter Hotez, Healthcare, Houston, infectious disease, MMR, National School of Tropical Medicine, pediatrics, Research, Tropical Medicine, vaccine schedule, Vaccines

The vaccine debate seems to have recently moved in new direction, with many people questioning the timing of vaccines in children. This issue was raised

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Beat the flu: Get your vaccine now

September 18, 2015 Dr. Pedro A. Piedra, Flu, flu shot, Healthcare, high-dose influenza vaccine, Houston, inactivated flu vaccine, infectious disease, influenza, live flu vaccine, molecular virology and microbiology, Vaccines

The easiest way to help prevent the flu? Get vaccinated. Dr. Pedro A. Piedra, professor of molecular virology and microbiology and pediatrics at Baylor College

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Starke lends expertise to national advisory committee to end tuberculosis

July 6, 2015 Audrey M. Marks, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Community, Dr. Jeffrey Starke, health policy, Healthcare, Houston, infectious disease, pediatrics, tuberculosis

For the last three decades Dr. Jeffrey Starke, professor of pediatrics-infectious diseases at Baylor College of Medicine, has spent his career treating children infected with

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Dr. Peter Hotez explains MERS: What is it, who is at risk

June 24, 2015 Andy Phifer, Dr. Peter Hotez, Explainer, Healthcare, infectious disease, MERS, Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome, National School of Tropical Medicine, Tropical Diseases

With an outbreak of MERS (Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome) abroad, concern is raised here in America about the illness. Since MERS is fairly new –

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Getting ready for summer 'arbovirus' season in Houston

April 7, 2015 arbovirus infections, Baylor College of Medicine, chikungunya, Dengue Fever, Dr. Coreen Beaumier, Dr. Kathryn Jones, Dr. Kristy Murray, Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi, Dr. Peter Hotez, Dr. Rebecca Rico-Hesse, Harris County, Healthcare, Houston, infectious disease, Melissa Nolan Garcia, molecular virology and microbiology, National School of Tropical Medicine, Sabin Vaccine Institute, Texas, Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Tropical Diseases, Tropical Medicine, Vaccines, West Nile Virus

Dengue and Chikungunya are not exactly household worlds, but these two viral infections are serious diseases (known as “arbovirus infections”). Each is transmitted by mosquitoes,

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Measles: What you should know

February 9, 2015 Autism, Center for Vaccine Awareness and Research, Dr. Camille Leugers, Dr. Carol Baker, Dr. Peter Hotez, Education, Family and community medicine, Healthcare, Houston, infectious disease, measles, Men's Health, MMR, molecular virology and microbiology, mups and rubella vaccine, National School of Tropical Medicine, pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Vaccines, Women's Health

With the recent measles outbreak in California, many people have questions about the illness and vaccinations. Experts at Baylor College of Medicine have answers.