A 13-year-old girl in Canada became so sick with H5N1, or bird flu, in late 2024 that she had to be put on a ventilator.
The Centers for Disease Control reported 91 outbreaks of the virus during the week of Dec. 5, up from 69 in the last week of November.
Cruise ships saw the highest number of stomach bug illnesses since 2012 with 16 outbreaks impacting a total of 1,894 passengers.
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Feeling under the weather? Local health officials are tracking a variety of viruses making rounds in the community right now.
Five years ago, a cluster of people in Wuhan, China, fell sick with a virus never before seen in the world. The germ didn't ...
At its peak in 2012, Alabama had the highest rate of opioid prescription in the country with 143.8 prescriptions per 100 people.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources collected and submitted samples from a number of dead wild birds to test for the ...
Matthew Langsworth says he breathed in fungal spores for a decade, alleging that his landlord painted over black mold instead ...
The National Drug Control Strategy Performance Review System Report measures the administration's overdose crisis response ...