Santa Clara County in Northern California saw a 19% increase in tuberculosis cases between 2022 and 2023. It's a trend that is also happening statewide, The Mercury News reported Jan. 30.
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Washington health officials are investigating the state's first known outbreak of Candida auris after at least five cases were confirmed among patients at Kindred Hospital Seattle-First Hill.
As U.S. syphilis rates reach the highest levels since the 1950s, HHS deemed the public health issue as a "surging epidemic" and rolled out resources to stop the sexually transmitted infection's decadeslong upward trend.
Researchers in the U.K. may have uncovered evidence that Alzheimer's disease can be transmitted via some medical procedures.
Dog bites led to more than 48,600 emergency room visits by California residents in 2022, KFF Health News reported Jan. 26. It's a trend that doesn't show any signs of easing anytime soon.
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While respiratory virus activity remains elevated, most parts of the country are seeing some levels of decrease, according to the latest CDC updates.
The winter virus season is often characterized by a hallmark sound: coughing. This year, though, some physicians and patients say coughing has been more persistent, often lasting for weeks after a virus passes, according to a Jan. 22 report in…
The CDC is urging healthcare providers to monitor patients for measles symptoms amid a recent uptick in U.S. cases, according to Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy.
The CDC has rejected findings from Ohio State University researchers that the JN.1 coronavirus variant is more severe than previous strains.
The Infectious Disease Society of America has announced the success of a program it jointly developed in 2017 aimed at drawing more physicians into the field and building a strong path to retain more of them in positions at the…