Cyclosporiasis: officials looking at Taco Bell lettuce supplier as potential source of outbreak
Taylor Farms reportedly linked to outbreak thought to be in Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia and KentuckyWhat is cyclosporiasis, the parasitic illness ca...
Tuberculosis outbreak at Colorado ICE jail sickens at least 12 detainees
The reported infections are the latest in a series of health concerns at the federal immigration jail in AuroraAt least 12 people detained at a federa...
US outbreak of parasite causing ‘watery diarrhea’ rises to more than 2,800 cases
Outbreak comes a year after Trump administration cut funding for state and local health departmentsWhat is cyclosporiasis, the parasitic illness causi...
What to know about the cyclosporiasis outbreak hitting more than half of U.S. states
A surge of cases of the intestinal illness that causes diarrhea and nausea has been detected in 31 states, according to federal health authorities, bu...
Legionnaires’ outbreak rocks New York as experts warn of rising climate threat
Officials say climate crisis ‘worsening our exposure’ to bacteria as at least 28 people sickened in ManhattanA New York outbreak of legionnaires’ dise...
WHO declares hantavirus outbreak linked to cruise ship over
The outbreak infected 13 people and killed threeSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThe World Health Organization on Thursday declared ...
Understanding Ebola’s wildlife origins is crucial to preventing next big outbreak
If we don’t know the source, not only do humans remain at risk but wildlife can suffer needlessly via retaliationWhile virologists and public health d...
Pentagon restores mandatory flu shots for all recruits amid boot camp outbreak
Move comes after Hegseth made shot optional for military in April and Texas outbreak has sickened nearly 300 peopleThe Pentagon has said that boot cam...
As Ebola cases surge above 1,000, experts say outbreak could be worst ever
Insufficient contact-tracing and the refusal of many residents to avoid contact with the bodies of loved ones killed by the Ebola virus are accelerati...
Farm workers at high risk amid screwworm outbreak in US south-west
Those who work with animals are at greater risk for infection, but face challenges in accessing healthcareAgricultural workers are among the highest r...
More than 13,000 seal pups die on remote Australian island amid bird flu outbreak
Testing confirms spread of deadly H5N1 virus on the subantarctic Heard Island, about 4,000km south-west of PerthFollow our Australia news live blog fo...
Ancient DNA provides evidence of earliest known plague outbreak
Discovery in Siberia suggests bacterium from raw marmots devastated hunter-gatherer tribes about 5,500 years agoThe earliest evidence for an outbreak ...
