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Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — The number of measles cases associated with an outbreak in western Texas has grown to 309, with 30 cases reported over the last three days, according to new data released Friday. This means the total number of Texas cases linked to the outbreak in roughly two […]
Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LUBBOCK, Texas) — The measles outbreak in western Texas is continuing to grow with 20 additional cases confirmed, bringing the total to 279 cases, according to new state data published Tuesday. Almost all of the cases are in unvaccinated individuals or in individuals whose vaccination status is unknown, according to […]
(Phil Fisk/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Dr. Kimberly Shriner remembers the first COVID-19 patient who came into Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, California, in March 2020. He was a 35-year-old man who arrived at the hospital short of breath. “He went straight to our intensive care unit. We were very suspicious that he had COVID,” Shriner, […]
Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto via Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — The measles outbreak in western Texas is continuing to grow with 25 cases confirmed over the last five days, bringing the total to 223 cases, according to new data published Tuesday. Almost all of the cases are in unvaccinated individuals or in individuals whose vaccination status is […]
Jessica McGowan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent a survey on March 6 asking some federally funded researchers to assess how their work aligns with the priorities of President Donald Trump’s administration, according to documents obtained by ABC News. CDC-funded researchers were asked whether their research would help combat “Christian […]
Measles virus particle, illustration. (Photo by KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Via Getty) (NEW YORK) — Measles has been spreading across the U.S. for the last several weeks, sickening people in at least nine states amid a growing outbreak in western Texas. Several people have been hospitalized and at least one unvaccinated school-aged child in Texas has […]
(PonyWang/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Flu activity remains “elevated” in the United States but is starting to show signs of abating, according to new federal data published Friday. The 2024-25 flu season was classified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a “high” severity season overall and for all age groups, making […]
Herd of cows eating hay in a dairy farm. (STOCK PHOTO/Adobe Stock) (NEW YORK) — A second type of bird flu has been found in dairy cows for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Wednesday. Until recently, all dairy herd detections in the U.S. had involved a form of bird flu, […]
Guido Meith/Getty (NEW YORK) — Outpatient health care visits for flu illnesses are at their highest levels in 15 years, according to data updated Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly 8% of outpatient health care visits for respiratory illnesses are due to flu-like illness, which is the highest seen since the 2009-10 flu […]
Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 1 million children may have been affected by long COVID in 2023, new federal data published Monday suggests. Long COVID, a condition that occurs when patients still have symptoms at least three months after clearing infection, has been well-documented in adults, but its impact on children has been less […]
