When weird fungal epidemics crop up in far-flung places, scientists work together to unravel how the microscopic murderers show up and turn deadly. The Great Alaska Earthquake rocked Anchorage in 1964 ...

PLACES WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE GATHER, LIKE AN AIRPORT. AND THIS COMES AS THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH HAS IDENTIFIED THREE NEW CASES OF MEASLES. THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES ...

KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THIS DEVELOPING STORY AND NEWS FOR YOUR HEALTH, EXPERTS SAY. NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO BE CAUTIOUS AND TO PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST THE RAPID SPREAD OF DISEASES. AGENCIES ARE REPORTING ...

At least 20 people have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. Raw oysters have been linked to an ongoing salmonella outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on ...

The measles outbreak in the United States is now in its 11th month, with almost 2,000 cases. The Timmons family were some of the first people to get sick. Five members of the Timmons family were ...

When ET phones home, it could be his last call. Contrary to sci-fi movie depictions, our first contact might not be with a super advanced alien civilization at the height of power. Rather, Ivy League ...

As winter settles in, several viral illnesses are circulating nationwide, including the highly contagious norovirus. The virus is the leading cause of vomiting and diarrhea in the United States, ...

(NEXSTAR) – Cases of the flu continue to mount, with health officials recently recording the first pediatric flu-related deaths of the season, but some states are seeing much higher activity than ...

As teens spend less time with their friends in person, scientists are beginning to uncover how isolation may affect the developing “social brain." Here’s what we know—and when parents should be ...

H3N2 was the dominant strain in the winter of 2014-15, when Minnesota reported more than 700 school outbreaks and 10 deaths of children related to influenza. That is the highest pediatric death total ...

As measles continues to spread in the United States, it’s likely that the outbreaks that broke records in 2025 will continue into the new year. In South Carolina, 168 people, mostly schoolchildren, ...