Flu hangs on in US, fading in some areas and intensifying in others
The flu virus is hanging on in the U.S., intensifying in some areas of the country after weeks of an apparent national decline.
Feb 9, 2024
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The flu virus is hanging on in the U.S., intensifying in some areas of the country after weeks of an apparent national decline.
Feb 9, 2024
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Wastewater testing does a good job at detecting mpox infections, U.S. health officials said in a report Thursday that bolsters a push to use sewage to track more diseases.
Jan 18, 2024
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For a third season, COVID-19 cases are rising ahead of the holidays, this time with a more recent variant driving infections.
Dec 23, 2023
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More than 200 cases of lead poisoning linked to contaminated fruit puree pouches have now been reported in the United States, up from 125 cases in the last weekly tally, with 33 states now reporting poisonings, the U.S. Centers ...
Dec 22, 2023
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In an outbreak of Salmonella illness tied to cantaloupes that began last month, 302 people in 42 states have now fallen ill. As of Dec. 15, four people had died and 129 had been hospitalized, according to the U.S. Food and ...
Dec 20, 2023
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RSV infections are rising sharply in some parts of the country, nearly filling hospital emergency departments in Georgia, Texas and some other states.
Nov 17, 2023
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Alarmed by yet another jump in syphilis cases in newborns, U.S. health officials are calling for stepped-up prevention measures, including encouraging millions of women of childbearing age and their partners to get tested ...
Nov 7, 2023
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In a finding that should ease the minds of Americans ahead of another flu season, this year's vaccines have already cut the risk of hospitalization in half during the South American winter, health officials report.
Sep 11, 2023
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An increase in the Southeast of respiratory syncytial virus, better known as RSV, may be an early sign of the start of the respiratory virus season.
Sep 7, 2023
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In early February 2020, Kirsten St. George and her team at New York state's public health lab received a test developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to diagnose people infected with the new, rapidly spreading ...
Aug 23, 2023
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