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This procedure replaces a pacemaker or an ICD that is running low on battery power. The surgery is usually done as an outpatient procedure. You can go home the same day.

Rabies is a serious illness that almost always results in death. Certain people at high risk are advised to get the rabies vaccine to help prevent the disease.

Recombinant zoster (shingles) vaccine can prevent shingles. Shingles (also called herpes zoster, or just zoster) is a painful skin rash, usually with blisters.

Rotavirus vaccine can prevent rotavirus disease. Rotavirus commonly causes severe, watery diarrhea, mostly in babies and young children.

2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is a virus that causes a respiratory illness. Here's what you need to know to protect yourself.

The best prevention is to not have contact with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

A deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot in a large vein deep in your leg, arm, or elsewhere in the body. The clot can separate from the vein, travel to the lungs and cut off blood flow. This is a pulmonary embolism (PE). Pulmonary embolism is very serious and may cause death.

Certain infections can spread from person to person. This is why your friend or family member may be put in a special room at the hospital. Here's what you need to know to keep you and your loved one safe.

Some types of bladder tumors are hard to remove completely with surgery. In certain cases, special medicines that kill cancer cells may be put right inside the bladder. This is called intravesical therapy. Read on to learn more.