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New findings in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology identify keratinocytes as replication hubs and immune responders, contributing to the risk of rabies infection from superficial scratches or ...

"TMVII is a specific type of fungus that is part of a larger family that causes the usually benign but irksome conditions such as ringworm, jock itch and athlete's foot," Dr. Hayden Andrews, an ...

Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS News Minnesota. Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the WCCO-TV newsroom in 2011, where he focuses on general assignment reporting.

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Bethenny Frankel is convinced towels from a resort in St. Barts caused a deeply uncomfortable facial bacterial infection. “So I had a bacterial infection from towels,” the “RHONY” alum said in a ...