Two children contracted a rare parasite commonly spread by raccoon feces, and occasionally by dogs, in California in 2024, ...

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The CDC is urging travelers from the U.S. to be cautious at this popular travel destination amid a virus outbreak spread by mosquitoes.

The latest case comes as nationwide measles cases hit their highest levels since the disease was declared eradicated in 2000.

University of Hawaii researchers have linked dolphin strandings this summer to a bacteria—and warn that it can potentially transfer from animals to humans. Three striped dolphins stranded on East Oahu ...

Learn about the ongoing lead crisis in America's schools, disproportionately affecting Black children. Discover the risks and the fight for environmental justice.

The Department of Health Services (DHS) says the state now has its first confirmed cases of Measles. "Measles is one of the most contagious viruses known to man. If 100 people are ...

U.S. health authorities have removed more than half a dozen of the nation's leading medical organizations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) vaccine advisory workgroups, a ...