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A hantavirus is a virus found in the urine, saliva or excrement of deer mice and certain other infected wild rodents (Icy Macload/Getty Images) (LONDON and BELGRADE, Serbia) — Three people have been evacuated off [Read More…]

The logo of the WHO is seen on panel in front of the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) on January 23, 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland. (Robert Hradil/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — An epidemiologist [Read More…]

Stock photo of a colorized electron micrograph of the Hantavirus. (Alfred Pasieka/Science Photo Lib/STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A rare rodent-borne disease may be behind an outbreak aboard a cruise ship. The World Health [Read More…]

(NEW YORK) — A rare rodent-borne disease is suspected to have caused an outbreak aboard a cruise ship, leading to three deaths and several illnesses. The deaths occurred between April 11 and May 2 with [Read More…]

The Food and Drug Administration headquarters is shown in White Oak, Md. (Al Drago/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images, FILE) (NEW YORK) — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug Auvelity this week for [Read More…]

A sign outside a mobile clinic offering measles and flu vaccinations on February 6, 2026 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A few months ago, a measles outbreak seemed poised to [Read More…]

Signs point the way to measles testing in the parking lot of the Seminole Hospital District across from Wigwam Stadium on February 27, 2025 in Seminole, Texas. (Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — With a [Read More…]

Stock image of doctor and patient. (Westend61/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — As heart, kidney and metabolic problems progress to more advanced stages, a person’s risk of developing several cancers also rises sharply, a new study [Read More…]

Psilocybin mushrooms stand ready for harvest in a humidified “fruiting chamber” in the basement of a private home on July 28, 2023 in Fairfield County, Connecticut. (John Moore/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The Food and [Read More…]

Close up of senior woman using cannabis at home (Getty/Emilija Manevska) (WASHINGTON) — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed an order on Thursday reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The order moves [Read More…]

An air quality health advisory has been issued for New York City and the tri-state area due to high ozone levels, the National Weather Service announced on June 5, 2025, in United States. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu [Read More…]

Robert Kennedy Jr. appears before the Senate Finance Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on September 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy [Read More…]

Kids eating lunch at school (Tetra Images/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — As President Donald Trump’s administration touts its new federal dietary guidelines, experts and officials suggest there’s a long road ahead before America’s students have [Read More…]

Photo of tick (rbkomar/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Weekly visits to emergency rooms for tick bites are at the highest level since at least 2017, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and [Read More…]

In this stock image, an open bottle of Tylenol Extra Strength pain reliever is shown. (STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Taking acetaminophen, also known by the brand name Tylenol, during pregnancy had no effect [Read More…]

Stock photo of people commuting on e-bikes and scooters. (Maskot/STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — E-bikes and e-scooters led to a growing number of trauma injuries at one New York City hospital, according to a [Read More…]

Signage outside the Center for Disease Control (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Megan Varner/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Cigarette smoking among U.S. adults continues to fall to [Read More…]

Pfizer logo (Photo Illustration by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Earlier this week, pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its partner Valneva announced that an experimental Lyme disease vaccine showed more than 70% efficacy in late-stage [Read More…]

Bottles of children’s ibuprofen, made for Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc., are being recalled due to the potential presence of a foreign substance. (NIH) (NEW YORK) — Nearly 90,000 bottles of children’s ibuprofen are being voluntarily [Read More…]

The healthcare.gov website on a laptop arranged in Norfolk, Virginia, US, on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — When Jessica Chamberlain went to sign up for health insurance coverage [Read More…]