The bacteria Yersinia pestis is linked to three main types of plague. The first, bubonic plague, is the one associated with ...

Disabled women can struggle to find medical care, which means they often miss important health screenings such as those for ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has closed its investigation into this summer’s cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to ...

A Public Health Alerts report today reveals that, based on 2025 data, 13.4% of US middle school and high school students had ...

Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed 172 new measles cases for 2026, increasing a skyrocketing outbreak to 588 infections so far. And the largest outbreak in the ...

Pennsylvania now has more than 900 measles cases in the largest and fastest-growing outbreak in the nation. Per the state ...

With three months left of 2026, the United States is closing in on a number of measles cases that would have been unheard of ...

Drugmaker Merck says it will no longer manufacture or market the antibacterial combination drug Recarbrio in the United ...

Past research has indicated that a COVID-19 infection resulting in a hospital stay increases the risk of stroke. An ...

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has now topped 8,000 cases, with officials confirming 8,067 ...

The high fatality rate, along with the large proportion of community deaths, highlights problems with timely case detection ...

Deaths from cholera rose by 30% in 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today. The 7,870 cholera deaths reported to ...