Tuberculosis outbreak: Why this city has declared a public health emergency
An outbreak of the disease has prompted a public health emergency in Long Beach, Calif., with officials concerned over the potential exposure of 170 people.
Chocolate warning as global supply under "real threat"
"Ghana has lost more than 254 million cacao trees in recent years," researcher Benito Chen-Charpentier explained.
Monkey bite gives man rare virus
Only 50 people caught this rare virus between 1932 and 2019, according to the CDC, 21 of whom died.
Kids may be putting grandparents at risk of pneumonia
The risk of pneumonia was particularly high among older adults who had been exposed to children under the age of 5.
HIV cure nearer with way to "shock and kill" latent virus
Researchers have taken a major step forward in treating the infection that leads to AIDS.
Mystery rise in infection with 30% fatality rate sweeps Japan
Officials are investigating the cause of a significant rise in cases of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, nearly a third of which resulted in death in 2023.
Leprosy is spreading in Florida
Leprosy is on the rise in the U.S., with Florida seeing a fifth of all new cases—and experts are mystified as to why.
Tuberculosis cases are surging in California
The number of patients diagnosed with the bacterial disease is up 15 percent year over year, and medical professionals are concerned.
COVID data brings positive news
Hospitalizations with the virus have trended downwards for six consecutive weeks, and deaths for five after winter rise.
Measles map shows states with reported cases in 2024
Health officials confirmed cases in at least 11 states, with the outbreak in Florida thought not down to global travel.
Alaskapox death means virus "more geographically widespread" than thought
A man who died from the virus was only the seventh ever recorded human case of the infection.
Measles map shows nine states where outbreak reported
Health officials have confirmed cases in at least nine states, with several thought to be linked to international travel.
Zombie deer disease spreading in North America amid fear of jump to humans
Chronic wasting is a deadly prion disease that is slowly spreading across wildlife in U.S. states and Canadian provinces.
Cats and dogs can catch your winter illnesses, owners warned
Reverse zoonosis is when dogs or cats catch diseases from humans, and is more common for viruses like flu or COVID-19.
Harvard doctor reveals reasons he has strict "no shoes inside home" policy
Bringing shoes into your home can pose serious health risks, especially for children, the physician says.
Alarm as cow-killing ticks spread to 19 states
"Asian longhorned tick was discovered in New Jersey in the fall of 2017 on a sheep farm," pest management expert Joellen Lampman told Newsweek.
COVID map shows rising hospitalization hotspots in the US
States with the highest rates of increasing hospitalizations include Alaska, Hawaii, South Dakota, Kentucky, Delaware and Rhode Island.
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Scientists fear cataclysmic "Factor X" will emerge from Earth's permafrost
"There must be microbes that were on Earth long before Homo sapiens existed," scientist Birgitta Evengård told Newsweek.
COVID map shows where hospitalizations are increasing in the US
Texas, New Mexico, Kansas and Nebraska are seeing the largest spike in rates of COVID hospitalizations, CDC data shows.
COVID US map shows states where cases are highest in latest week
Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming were the worst-hit states.
The "silent pandemic" is now screaming at America's children
Bacterial infections commonly affecting children are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, putting millions of lives at risk.
Mysterious deaths of elephants explained, three years later
Six of the 35 elephants found dead in Zimbabwe in 2020 were discovered to have bizarre unclassified bacteria in their bodies.
COVID map shows states where positive cases are higher
Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming had the highest positivity rate across the country in the last week, at 14.4 percent.
Disfiguring disease spread by flies has "firm foothold" in US: Scientists
There is also growing evidence that a life-threatening form of the disease may also begin to spread in the U.S.
Disemboweled goat found in couple's luggage at Chicago airport
"Items like these can harbor pests and diseases," said Michael Pfeiffer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Area port director for Chicago.
Iowa woman's box of giraffe poo seized at airport
"There is a real danger with bringing fecal matter into the U.S.," a U.S. Customs and Border Protection statement said.
Could COVID be behind the pink-eye epidemic?
"Conjunctivitis is a known symptom of COVID," Paul R. Hunter, a professor in medicine at the University of East Anglia, told Newsweek.
Pink-eye epidemic impacts hundreds of thousands of people
Nearly 400,000 people across Pakistan have been infected so far this year, with over 10,000 cases being reported in a 24-hour period several days last week.
Thousands of schools shut amid eye virus outbreak
Nearly 60,000 schools across the Punjab region of Pakistan will be closed over the next few days to prevent the spread of viral conjunctivitis.
Highly contagious cat virus outbreak forces pet shelter closure
Feline panleukopenia "can live in environments for months," an animal shelter in Ohio said in a Facebook post about the outbreak of the deadly virus.