WHO reports 90% drop in world COVID-19 deaths since February
The head of the World Health Organization says there's "cause for optimism."
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The head of the World Health Organization says there's "cause for optimism."
The World Health Organization says the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an "extraordinary" situation that now qualifies as a global emergency.
From Laguna Beach to Long Beach, emergency rooms were struggling to cope with the increased cases of influenza and had gone into "diversion mode."
It will likely be a year or more before we know how many people were infected.
Back pain: lots of folks have it and can be desperate for relief.
The patient was identified upon return from a country with an active Ebola epidemic, a health official said.
Measles is contagious from approximately four days before the rash first appears through four days after the rash appears.
The recent outbreak of the Ebola virus in Africa has begun attracting attention in the U.S. for good reason.
In an effort to help quell Southern California's flu epidemic, one local hospital is asking all visitors to wear surgical masks while in the building.
A Southern California marine life rescue group has seen such an enormous increase in the number of gravely dehydrated and malnourished sea lion pups this season that it is being called an epidemic.
The feds are descending on downtown LA to combat what they say might be a dangerous outbreak of a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis.
The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention wants the public to be ready in case of a zombie attack. The idea is that getting ready for zombies is the sort of preparedness needed to survive a disaster or sudden epidemic.
With the holidays right around the corner, health officials are urging those who have not already done so to get vaccinated against the whooping cough.
The California Department of Public Health says more than 6,200 Californians have been infected with whooping cough in the largest epidemic to strike the state since 1950.
A Northridge pediatrician says parents and caretakers should get immunized from the latest epidemic of whooping cough in order to protect infants who are too young to get vaccinated.
More than 5,270 cases of whooping cough have been reported in California's growing epidemic, which has killed nine babies this year.
California Department of Public Health spokesman Ken August told the Los Angeles Times Tuesday that the death makes this year's epidemic more deadly than one in 2005.
An analysis of eight California whooping cough deaths shows doctors were slow to diagnose pertussis in the infants despite several visits to clinics and hospitals.
