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Antibiotic Awareness


Any time antibiotics or antifungals are used, they can cause side effects and contribute to the development of antimicrobial resistance, one of the most urgent threats to the public’s health. Know how to improve the use of antibiotics. 



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Photomicrograph of Blastomyces dermatitidis fungal organism

Blastomyces Dermatitidis


This photomicrograph of a sample of pus, revealed ultrastructural morphology exhibited by a Blastomyces dermatitidis fungal organism. In this view, you are able to see this yeast-form organism undergoing the asexual reproductive method known as budding.  


Microscopic image of numerous hepatitis B virus
A grouping of small children and a few adults in a village in Nigeria
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A historic photograph of the Public Health Service’s (PHS), Communicable Disease Center (CDC), Cumberland Field Station building, in Taunton, Massachusetts

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