Drinking water laced with borax or bathing in it is the latest medical TikTok trend physicians are up against, NBC News reported July 22. 

Health experts are betting on a trio of vaccines to help prevent a repeat of last fall and winter, when a simultaneous surge of COVID-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus overwhelmed hospitals. 

Health officials in Washington are investigating what is believed to be the state's first Candida auris infection in a Pierce County man. 

A 2-year-old Nevada boy died July 19 after contracting Naegleria fowleri — the brain-eating amoeba, health officials confirmed to Becker's July 20.

Florida health officials reported a new case of malaria, bringing the total to eight in the U.S. since May, NBC News reported July 18.

Since April, 309 cases of shigellosis have been reported to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, including 106 in the U.S. Most of the cases were caused by multidrug-resistant strains of the shigella bacteria, with transmission primarily seen among men who have sex with men.

The White House has paused funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology and is seeking to permanently cut off U.S. funding for the Chinese lab, according to a memo obtained by Bloomberg. 

Children make up 25 percent of the population and emergency preparedness should reflect their needs, a July 17 report from the Children’s Hospital Association urges.

As of July 8, COVID deaths in the U.S. had dropped 20 percent from the previous week, according to CDC data. 

Health department officials have issued an alert after multiple pigs became infected with swine flu at the Oakland County Fair in Pontiac, Mich., around July 14, according to a news release.

Rising global temperatures and extreme heat are costing healthcare about $1 billion each summer, according to a report jointly released by left-leaning research organization the Center for American Progress and Virginia Commonwealth University researchers.

The Houston Health Department reported a syphilis outbreak for a 128 percent increase in cases among women.

The CDC and HHS are gearing up for the transition of COVID-19 vaccinations into the commercial market and are urging providers to place their orders before the transition occurs on Aug. 3. 

After cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children spiked during the pandemic for reasons experts are still working to understand, now data shows MIS-C cases are declining so much they have all but disappeared, ABC News reported July 13.

The rising number of H5N1 infections among mammals is elevating concern about the threat the bird flu strain poses to humans, and countries should take more action to improve disease surveillance and hygiene practices at poultry farms, three global health agencies warned July 13.

North Carolina researchers say they have detected an infection in larval trombiculid mites — sometimes called 'chiggers' — caused by bacteria that has not previously been in the U.S., according to a July 12 news release.

Researchers have uncovered the first gene linked to long COVID-19, according to early findings from a study involving 6,450 patients, Nature reported July 11. The findings could spearhead larger studies to develop treatments for the complex condition tied to more than 200 symptoms. 

After identifying a new COVID-19 omicron subvariant, — EU.1.1, a descendant of XBB.1.5 — in late June, its growth has slowed, according to the CDC. 

The CDC is cutting funding for child vaccination programs by 10 percent or more per state, KFF Health News reported July 5.

A Wisconsan woman died July 5 after developing blastomycosis —  a rare infection caused by a fungus found in soil and decaying wood called blastomyces, according to a report from FOX affiliate WITI.