Researchers in Japan say they’ve discovered “super” resistant mosquitoes in Asia. In a study published this week, they detail finding populations of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes—a common disease vector—in Vietnam and Cambodia carrying several mutations believed to confer...
The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) on Monday convened its second “special session” in 73 years, with the goal of hammering out a global “pandemic treaty” to coordinate a worldwide response to future threats like the...
An ongoing salmonella outbreak from an unknown food source has spread to 29 states, federal health officials warned.
The outbreak has infected nearly 280 people and more than two dozen have been hospitalized, according to the Centers...
The Florida Health Department has reported 65 confirmed cases of Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacteria, and 11 deaths so far this year as of Friday.
That compares to 34 cases and 10 deaths reported in 2021, and 36...
A minor cluster of Legionnaires' disease cases among guests who stayed at two Las Vegas hotels are being investigated by Nevada health officials.
Legionnaires' disease is a type of pneumonia that is caused by legionella...
Dr. Ward Carpenter, co-director of health services at the Los Angeles LGBT Center, said the monkeypox outbreak across the U.S. is worse than imagined.
“We’re just as busy, just as stressed out and living in just...
A mysterious listeria outbreak across the United States has left health officials trying to find the reasons for the outbreak.
So far, no specific food product has been identified as the source of the outbreak. The...
Eleven NEW cases of Ebola virus disease have so far been confirmed by health officials in the northeastern province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
This is more than five months...
Connecticut health officials are cautioning southeastern area state residents over the potentially deadly mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus after detecting virus-positive mosquitoes.
According to the state health department, mosquitoes trapped in the Pachaug State Forest...
More than 600 people, mostly children, have died of diphtheria in Nigeria since the current outbreak began in December 2022, officials say.
With 14,000 suspected cases, this outbreak is far worse than the last one in...