Drug-resistant "dual mutant" flu strains now being tracked in U.S., CDC says
The two genetic changes to H1N1 could cut the effectiveness of the main flu antiviral doctors turn to.
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The two genetic changes to H1N1 could cut the effectiveness of the main flu antiviral doctors turn to.
Rising whooping cough cases are raising health concerns nationwide, including in Pennsylvania.
Opioid overdose deaths decreased, but there was an increase in overdose deaths from psychostimulants like meth and cocaine.
New CDC data shows about 680 women in the U.S. died during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth in 2023, a decline from the previous year.
CDC's provisional figures show a 2% decline in births from 2022 to 2023.
Health officials are warning consumers not to consume Infinite Herbs basil sold at some Trader Joe's and Dierberg's stores after 12 people were sickened.
This marks only the second-ever case of bird flu in humans in the U.S.
Some addiction and recovery specialists in Pittsburgh fear the rise will continue.
Illinois is the latest state to see cases of measles in 2024, according to the CDC's tally.
The new recommendations apply to COVID-19 and other viruses, like flu and RSV.
West Virginia lawmakers are pushing to make the state the 12th in the nation to ban smoking in cars with children.
Babies born prematurely are at greater risk of health complications, and the CDC says the preterm birth rate is up 12% since 2014.
The meat trays come in twin packs that include prosciutto, sweet soppressata, and dry coppa or black pepper-coated dry salami, Italian dry salami, dry coppa, and prosciutto.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tracking the spread of the flu, RSV and COVID-19 this winter.
CDC investigating fruit from HMC Farms after one person died and 10 are hospitalized following a listeria outbreak.
The health department is encouraging pregnant women to ask about getting tested for syphilis.
The approach to fighting sexually transmitted infections has been nicknamed "Doxy-PEP."
So far, the CDC doesn't think the highly mutated BA.2.86 variant is to blame.
As temperatures warm, harmful algal blooms will likely blossom even more, posing a threat to wildlife, human health and could even affect drinking water.
Zoonotic diseases are those that spread from animals to humans.
A growing number of states are decriminalizing fentanyl testing strips, seeking to protect people who use drugs from unwitting exposure to the highly potent synthetic opioid ravaging the U.S. with overdose deaths.
One Monday in early March, a team of 15 health specialists affiliated with the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry began knocking on doors along Taggart Street in East Palestine, Ohio.
The decline in births is "a very small difference" from the year before.
Walensky has overseen the agency since the early days of the Biden administration.
Seven US government investigators briefly fell ill in early March while studying the possible health impacts of a toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed to CNN on Thursday.
