The Health and Human Services Department has opened a public comment period on new vaccine categorization proposals that could shift many childhood shots out of routine recommendation.
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Eight‑year‑old Lillian Smart of Ruston, Louisiana, died Saturday after a suspected Naegleria fowleri infection linked to swimming in a lake.
The fastest‑growing Ebola outbreak in history has spread to two new health zones in North Kivu, bringing the total number of affected areas in eastern Congo to 60.
Measles cases have spiked in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Georgia, with the CDC reporting over 2,700 national cases in 2026, the worst year in more than three decades.
North Carolina health officials urge anyone who touched baby goats at Farm Adventures' mobile petting zoo between July 28 and Aug. 27 to contact local health departments after four goats tested positive for rabies.
Four baby goats at a traveling petting zoo in Lexington, N.C., tested positive for rabies, prompting health officials to warn attendees of possible exposure.
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to two additional health zones, bringing the total affected areas to 60, as confirmed by the Ministry of Health.
Two Frankfurt airport workers have died and four more fell ill after a mosquito likely brought in on a plane transmitted malaria, authorities said.
Harvard assistant professor Dr. Laura Cox explains how gut microbes affect brain health, from potential Alzheimer’s prevention with GLP‑1 drugs to Parkinson’s links and infant nutrition.
A UK study of more than 180,000 postmenopausal women found that hormone replacement therapy was associated with a 10% lower overall dementia risk and a 16% lower Alzheimer’s risk.