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Defines chronic diarrhea and discusses causes, possible complications, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of chronic diarrhea in children.

Peep, chirp, quack! Live baby poultry, such as chicks, ducklings, goslings, and baby turkeys, can carry harmful germs called Salmonella. After you touch a chick, duckling, or other baby bird, or anything in the area where they live and roam, WASH YOUR HANDS so you don't get sick!

James L. Hadler, MD1, Dhara Patel, MPH2, Kristy Bradley, DVM3, James M. Hughes, MD4, Carina Blackmore, DVM5, Paul Etkind, DrPH6, Lilly Kan, MPH6, Jane Getchell, DrPH7, James Blumenstock, MA8, Jeffrey Engel, MD2 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Ilana J. Schafer, DVM1, Rachel Miller, MD2, Ute Ströher, PhD3, Barbara Knust, DVM3, Stuart T. Nichol, PhD3, Pierre E.

Colin Basler, DVM1, Tony M. Forshey, DVM2, Kimberly Machesky, MPH3, C. Matthew Erdman, DVM, PhD4, Thomas M.

David Schnabel, MD1, Joanna Gaines, PhD2, Duc B. Nguyen, MD3, Douglas H. Esposito, MD2, Alison Ridpath, MD4, Kari Yacisin, MD4, Jose A.

Health Alert Network (HAN). Provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Have you wondered about your risk for fungal infection? Here are 10 questions you can use to understand fungal infections, assess your chance of getting sick, and know what you need to do to stay healthy.

Despite more than a decade of prevention efforts and updated prevention guidelines published in 2010, group B Streptococcus (GBS) remains the leading cause of early onset neonatal sepsis in the United States (1). A free smartphone application, Prevent Group B Strep, is available from CDC to improve maternal and neonatal management of GBS disease prevention at the point-of-care.

Interim Guidance on the Use of Antiviral Agents for Treatment of Human Infections with Avian Influenza A (H7N9) - CDC