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Shigella, a bacterium that causes intestinal illness, is becoming more resistant to antibiotics in the United States and England, while surveillance shows rising diagnoses in England in a group presumed to involve sex...
A 28-year-old worker at an anti-plague research institute in Irkutsk died after developing severe pneumonia, and the cause of her illness remains unknown.
Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old researcher at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute, died on October 2 after becoming ill.
The World Health Organization has issued its first global guidelines for treating obesity in children and adolescents, recommending structured lifestyle support and advising against obesity medicines, bariatric surger...
Russian authorities have dismissed reports of a second suspected pneumonic plague case at a research institute in Siberia, while the World Health Organization is seeking more information about a worker who died from p...
Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old employee of Russia’s Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute, died after developing severe pneumonia, while Russian authorities say tests found no pathogen connecting her illness to her l...
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced a National Institutes of Health initiative to study and provide care for people who believe they have been injured by vaccines, while key details about the clinic’s...
A raccoon found in a Westlake Village backyard tested positive for rabies, Los Angeles County officials said, marking the county’s first reported rabid raccoon since 1973.
The U.S. Embassy in Russia said it is monitoring press reports of a suspected pneumonic plague death and related hospital closures and quarantine measures in the Irkutsk region, while emphasizing that it has not indep...
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States does not currently believe a Russian laboratory worker’s death was caused by a bioweapon, while cautioning that officials are still seeking more information...
Kenya confirmed its first imported case of Bundibugyo Ebola on Tuesday, after a Kenyan citizen who traveled from the Democratic Republic of Congo through Uganda tested positive and died in Nairobi late Monday, Health...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a State Disaster Emergency as measles cases rose across the state, with 51 confirmed statewide by September 12, 2026, according to figures cited in the report.
UN climate chief Simon Stiell called on governments to make maternal and newborn health a priority in climate adaptation and heat-response plans, warning that rising temperatures are adding risks to pregnancy and chil...
The World Health Organization says the public-health risk from a possible plague case in Russia is low nationwide and very low across its European region, after Russian authorities reported no plague cases in Irkutsk...
Florida health officials have reported more than 250 locally acquired dengue cases in 2026, with most in Hillsborough County, home to Tampa.
A laboratory worker died in Irkutsk region after a suspected plague infection, and authorities placed people who may have been in contact with her under medical observation while restricting activity at a local hospit...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it found Cyclospora in two environmental samples from sites linked to a lettuce-associated outbreak that sickened 12,883 people in 21 states.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Health Ministry reported 4,018 deaths and 8,300 Ebola cases since the outbreak was declared on May 15, as the country continues efforts to contain the disease.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month began October 1 with health professionals urging attention to screening and risk factors, while a hospital announced expanded mammography hours and organizations promoted research fundrai...
San Diego County Public Health Services reported 14 confirmed mumps cases and one probable case associated with a single San Diego State University athletic team, a sharp increase from the three confirmed and two prob...
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