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...Ringworm These are round, crusty skin lesions caused by a fungus that can spread via touch from cats or dogs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cuddle with Care | 3/8/2004 | See Source »

...protozoan that can be picked up by eating undercooked meat or by contact with infected cat feces more than a day old. Salmonellosis and campylobacteriosis These illnesses, caused by bacteria in the feces of infected dogs, cats, birds, farm animals and reptiles, can cause diarrhea, nausea and abdominal cramping. Ringworm These are round, crusty skin lesions caused by a fungus that can spread via touch from cats or dogs. Multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus This is a deadly emerging pathogen usually associated with hospitals. Recently it has started showing up in house pets and horses. How can you protect yourself? Adhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cuddle with Care | 3/7/2004 | See Source »

...RINGWORM These are round, crusty skin lesions caused by a highly infectious fungus that can spread via touch from cats or dogs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Cuddle with Care | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

...task of making all those dazzling sentences add up to a novel that he sometimes goes astray. Some of the sharpest words concern Clint Smoker's odious tabloid, the Lark. What was in a terrorist group's "dirty bomb?"an editor asks. "Radioactive medical waste, Chief, plus ringworm, West Nile virus, liquid gangrene and a cladding of mad cow." The bombing story is squeezed out by news of a man injured outside a kiddies' swimming pool when he is caught watching too closely and flees with his pants round his ankles. Headline: Pervs Him Right. Yellow Dog isn't just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Martin Bites Back | 8/31/2003 | See Source »

...aging Scout van at Camp Mad Max because he can't afford a hotel. Thieves have taken his car battery, his radio, his tools, even his Penn State floor mats. His body is covered with infected mosquito bites. On his back, an antibiotic cream covers a patch of ringworm. ; Asked if he has seen a doctor, he says he cured himself by "sanding" down the skin and washing it with Clorox...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roofers From Hell | 3/1/1993 | See Source »

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