CDC data reveal Texas and Florida have the highest numbers of reported Naegleria fowleri infections, with a total of 180 U.S. cases recorded from 1937 through 2025.
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Governor Josh Shapiro pressed the CDC to record four measles‑related deaths in Pennsylvania as the state battles one of the nation’s largest outbreaks.
State health officials reported a new measles case in Marathon County on Sept. 15, unrelated to the larger southwest Wisconsin outbreak.
Reports say the CDC kept two measles deaths in an internal database after they were removed from the public website at the direction of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
U.S. newborns who miss the standard vitamin K injection rose 57% from January to June 2026, heightening the chance of life‑threatening bleeding, a new analysis shows.
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.
Eight‑year‑old Lillian Smart of Ruston, Louisiana, died Saturday after a suspected Naegleria fowleri infection linked to swimming in a lake.
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.
Healthcare workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are striking due to unpaid wages and inadequate equipment, while the CDC anticipates a months-long response effort.
Thousands of cyclosporiasis cases, characterized by explosive diarrhea, have been reported across numerous US states in recent weeks. Health officials are investigating the source.