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Perspectives
Of Parasites and Plagues
Claire Panosian Dunavan, MD, explores lesser known domestic and global infectious diseases
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- Focus on Policy
- Happy Healer
- KevinMD
- Of Parasites and Plagues
- Prescriptions for a Broken System
- Rural Rx
- Second Opinions
- Suicidologist's Soliloquy
- The Health Docket
- The Toxicology Report
- What We Heard This Week
- Wired Practice
- Working Stiff
![A microscope image of Trichinella spiralis in muscle tissue.](https://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/111xxx/111178.jpg)
Of Parasites and Plagues
A conversation on living with cystic fibrosis and the threat of antimicrobial resistance
June 27, 2024
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Of Parasites and Plagues
The dust-borne fungal blight has many forms, and its footprint is growing
June 24, 2024
![A computer rendering of coccidioides fungus](https://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/110xxx/110796.jpg)
![A computer rendering of Clostridium botulinum bacteria](https://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/110xxx/110410.jpg)
Of Parasites and Plagues
A little-known microbe claimed Mallory Smith's life but did not quell her light
May 14, 2024
![A photo of Mallory Smith](https://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/110xxx/110117.jpg)
Of Parasites and Plagues
The recent saga of a man in Hong Kong is a grim reminder of a dangerous macaque virus
April 23, 2024
![A photo of a group of people watching monkeys at Kam Shan Country Park.](https://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/109xxx/109790.jpg)
![A photo of a boy with measles.](https://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/108xxx/108905.jpg)
Of Parasites and Plagues
A drug called fexinidazole deserves a heart-felt shout-out
February 9, 2024
![A microscope image of trypanosoma lewisi parasites](https://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/108xxx/108670.jpg)
Of Parasites and Plagues
The hope for a brighter future largely rests on better vaccines reaching more people
January 20, 2024
![A photo of two female physicians performing a spinal tap on a child.](https://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/108xxx/108337.jpg)
Of Parasites and Plagues
And when -- if ever -- will resistant super-bugs increase the use of condoms?
December 22, 2023
![A computer rendering of gonorrhea bacteria](https://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/108xxx/108012.jpg)
![A photo of a syringe in a blue rubber gloved hand in front of an out of focus pregnant woman.](https://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/107xxx/107125.jpg)
Of Parasites and Plagues
A wriggling worm in a woman's brain underscores parasites' indomitable will to survive
October 14, 2023
![A computer rendering of a roundworm.](https://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/106xxx/106789.jpg)
![A photo of a Ctenocephalides felis flea in a cat’s fur.](https://assets.medpagetoday.net/media/images/106xxx/106625.jpg)
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