Investigators detailed an outbreak of blastomycosis -- characterized by cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, and fever or chills -- that occurred among workers at a paper mill in Delta County, Michigan, from November 2022 to May 2023. Among the 645 workers studied, 162 received a blastomycosis diagnosis, of whom 12% were hospitalized, and one died.

The CDC has revealed the red flags it is monitoring for that suggest that bird flu was about to become the world's next pandemic.

Outbreaks occur when two or more similar illnesses result from a common exposure — in this case, norovirus. The CDC has also reported a total of 495 outbreaks from April to Dec. 11, an increase of 130 from 2023. Those numbers may increase after families ...

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, responds to former White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx’s warning that US agencies “are making the same mistakes they made with Covid.

In a positive finding, the CDC emphasized that there is no evidence the virus has spread from the Louisiana patient to others, and the mutations alone are unlikely to spread from person to person. CDC scientists also confirmed, however, that the Louisiana virus samples are closely related to candidate vaccine strains already developed for bird flu.

He called on the NIH and the CDC to drive targeted research and data-collection efforts. But the Biden administration has missed a critical opportunity to illuminate how abortion bans are interfering with maternal healthcare, leading to deaths and ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other federal agencies are closely monitoring the spread of the HN51 avian influenza, commonly known as the bird flu, nationwide after human cases increased to at least 66.

The CDC has confirmed 66 human cases of bird flu in the U.S., but no human-to-human transmission has been detected. The outbreak has severely impacted the American egg industry, leading to near-record high egg prices. A cat food recall was issued due to ...

Noroviruses, also known as food poisoning or the stomach bug, are “ common and highly contagious ,” according to the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. About 1 in 15 people across the U.S. get the virus annually, experts said.

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