Galveston County critters are carrying a dangerous disease, UTMB study finds

A debilitating form of typhus spread by fleas and thought to be mostly gone from the Gulf Coast until a few years ago has, in ...

From maternal health to influenza rates, gaps in CDC’s public health data are creating dangerous blind spots for disease tracking and prevention

Public health relies on data – whether it is tracking the effectiveness of a given year’s flu vaccine, monitoring blood lead ...

U.S. citizen working for humanitarian organization in Congo tests positive for Ebola, CDC says

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said the outbreak is the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak recorded on the ...
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CDC, FDA link Taco Bell lettuce to five-state cyclospora outbreak

The FDA's traceback investigation has identified a single supplier of iceberg lettuce from Mexico used by the Taco Bell ...

Cyclosporiasis outbreak: Does cooking fruits and vegetables prevent ‘explosive diarrhea’ illness?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said lettuce served at Taco Bell in a five state area – Indiana, Kentucky, ...
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IU Health Primary Care physician marks Chronic Disease Day with risk reduction and wellness tips

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says chronic diseases affect three in four adults and account for ...

Cyclospora outbreak could linger, infectious disease experts say

Infectious disease specialists are unsure how long the current nationwide cyclospora outbreak will last since no specific ...

CDC nominee says she won’t betray science — while declining to challenge Kennedy’s actions

The Trump administration’s latest nominee to lead the nation’ top public health agency drew frustrated reactions from some ...