As summer travel plans take shape, health officials are warning that a new COVID-19 variant, NB.1.8.1, is spreading rapidly ...

Twelve of 13 members of one family fell ill upon returning to the United States from a Costa Rica trip in late December. A ...

Prior to the report, the family had visited the Venado Caves in Costa Rica, which was linked to a previous histoplasmosis ...

Preliminary data from researchers in China suggest the NB.1.8.1 variant is not better at evading the immune system compared ...

In 2024, the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens battled a bacterial infection that killed five apes. Here's how the zoo navigated ...

Researchers assessed 25 patients in the mystery cluster, before concluding that the individuals were suffering from well-known diseases like Alzheimer's .

But the authorities struggled to name the disease, prompting the media to report the outbreak as a “mystery” disease (see here and here). “When the causative organism or agent of a disease, and its ...

out to solve the "fundamental mystery" of melioidosis. "Where you get it from, what behaviour encourages transmission and does climate and environmental change affect disease patterns?" ...

News about an outbreak or mystery virus can trigger fear. Use four questions to assess whether the reports are something to worry about.

The Food and Drug Administration says the outbreak is tied to romaine lettuce and affected 89 people. The company responsible for that illness remains a mystery. The FDA refuses to identify the ...

according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The CDC noted that the outbreak occurred on the Viking Polaris cruise ship, which departed on Friday, April 11, and is scheduled to end on ...