August 4, 2022 Legionnaires' disease kills one, hospitalizes 11 people in California's Napa Valley Napa Valley health officials said that a Legionnaires' disease outbreak has killed one person and hospitalized eleven others since July.
July 27, 2022 Florida teen reportedly contracts 'brain-eating amoeba' after swimming A 13-year-old boy from Florida has reportedly contracted amoeba Naegleria fowleri after swimming at a local beach in Port Charlotte, family members revealed on a GoFundMe page.
June 3, 2022 US officials find 2 monkeypox strains Officials found that there are two distinct strains of the monkeypox virus in the United States, suggesting the virus has been spreading for longer than initially thought.
June 3, 2022 Monkeypox by the numbers: Facts about the rare virus that’s currently spreading Monkeypox is a rare viral infection which symptoms include fever, swollen lymph nodes and more. Six countries in Africa are experiencing a monkeypox endemic.
May 20, 2022 African scientists baffled by monkeypox cases in Europe, US Scientists who have monitored numerous outbreaks of monkeypox in Africa say they are baffled by the disease’s recent spread in Europe and North America
May 10, 2022 What mysterious illness resulted in the death of 3 Americans at the Sandals resort in the Bahamas? Three Americans, two men and a woman, died at the Sandals Emerald Bay resort on Great Exuma island in the Bahamas.
May 6, 2022 CDC probing mysterious liver disease suspected in children's deaths U.S. health officials are looking into more than 100 possible cases of a mysterious and severe liver disease in children, including five deaths.
May 3, 2022 At least 228 probable cases of child hepatitis so far: WHO World Health Organization (WHO) has reported at least 228 probable cases of child hepatitis as of May 1.
October 20, 2021 Leptospirosis cases surge in NYC: What to know about the rat-spread infectious disease New York City has reported an increase in human cases of leptospirosis, a bacterial disease that the city reports has been spread by rats.
September 29, 2021 Illinois man dies of rabies in state's first human case since the 1950s An Illinois man died this month in the state's first human case of rabies since the 1950s, according to health officials on Tuesday.