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Rene Najera has a degree in Medical Technology from the University of Texas and a Master of Public Health degree from the George Washington University. Along with tracking and investigating diseases in Maryland, he is an avid participant in pick-up soccer games in the Baltimore region.

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Beef from New York recalled due to possible E. coli contamination

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The United States Department of Agriculture notified the public that a New York firm is recalling fresh ground beef that may be contaminated with E....
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Soda tax takes aim at source of empty calories

Death and taxes, the two things that are assured to all of us, according to Benjamin Franklin, are coming to a head as the President, Congress, and...
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Tuberculosis is an ancient disease that is still around

Humans have been walking the Earth as Homo sapiens for about 200,000 years. And we have been dying, and/or paying taxes, all that time. Sure, some of...
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Koch's postulates are still relevant 120 years after their publication

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Robert Koch was a German physician who specialized in microbiology. He was fascinated by the microbial world and devoted much of his work toward it....
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Lou Dobbs' idea about immigrants and Leprosy is inaccurate

Hansen's Disease, better known as Leprosy, has been around in humans for as long as history has been recorded, perhaps longer. In fact, ancient...
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College kids need to think about meningitis while they drink their beer

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Ask any teacher and they will tell you about all the infections they have acquired from their children. Children...
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Flesh eating bacteria infections do not follow a Hollywood script

There are many diseases that Hollywood has sensationalized. In the movie "Outbreak," Ebola virus was let loose on a small town, killing...
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Legionnaires' Disease symptoms similar to flu, mostly appear in the summer

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They say that history repeats itself... In 1976, while there was a swine flu warning in the United States, about 200 people in Philadelphia,...
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