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... and stomach pain. Among the many causes of diarrhea are inflammatory bowel disease, also known as IBD, irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, and viral or bacterial infections...

A viral protein known as VP16 is apparently responsible for pushing herpes out of its latent state and back into an active infectious state. Experts estimate that 70 percent to 90...

... Institute for Disease and Disaster Preparedness. He is also director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Preparedness Modeling Unit...