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Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, called on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to publicly support the whooping cough vaccine as Louisiana experiences one of the worst outbreaks in recent history. In 2024, six times the number of whooping cough — or pertussis — cases were recorded …

BATON ROUGE — Sen. Bill Cassidy said Friday that Louisiana is undergoing its worst whooping cough outbreak since 1990 and called on the nation’s vaccine-leery health secretary to promote vaccinations. “In my state of Louisiana, we are experiencing the worst pertussis outbreak in 35 years. The outbreak has already killed two babies,” Cassidy wrote to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy …

A Salmonella outbreak has been linked to home delivery meals made by Metabolic Meals, prompting health officials to warn customers to check their refrigerators and freezers. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 16 people across 10 states have fallen ill from the contaminated meals, including seven who required hospitalization. No deaths have been reported. The affected meals …

Johannesburg — The Minister of Health for the Democratic Republic of Congo, Samuel Roger Kamba, confirmed last week an outbreak of the highly infectious Zaire strain of Ebola virus disease in the country’s Central Kasai Province. He said 16 deaths and 28 suspected cases had been confirmed, including four suspected infections among health care workers. World Health Organization regional director for …

An outbreak of deadly salmonella has sickened more than a dozen people across 10 states, health officials have warned. The CDC last week sounded the alarm about an outbreak of salmonella, a type of bacteria that can cause bloody diarrhea, cramps and vomiting.  The bacteria has been tied to four different frozen home delivery meals from wellness company Metabolic Meals. …

A case of the deadly lung disease tuberculosis has been detected in a public high school days after officials announced there were multiple cases in a New England state.  An active case of tuberculosis (TB) was reported in someone at Leesville High School in Raleigh, North Carolina, just weeks into the new schoolyear. About 2,500 students attend the school in …

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s authorities announced earlier this week a new Ebola outbreak, which has killed more than a dozen people in a southern province. Samples analyzed at the National Institute for Biomedical Research in Kinshasa, the Congolese capital, confirmed the presence of the most virulent strain of the virus, known as “Zaire,” the earlier name of the country. …

A Salmonella outbreak linked to certain home delivery meals from Metabolic Meals has sickened more than a dozen people across 10 states, and seven had to be hospitalized, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.  The meals were made by and delivered by the Metabolic Meals company during the week of July 28 and included these varieties:  Four cheese …

15 dead after new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo  The Washington Post New Ebola outbreak in DR Congo suspected of causing 15 deaths  CNN Democratic Republic of the Congo declares Ebola virus disease outbreak in Kasai Province  WHO | Regional Office for Africa DR Congo announces new Ebola outbreak  Al Jazeera New Ebola Outbreak Confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo  Africa …

Facebook Tweet Email Link AP  —  A new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is suspected of causing 15 deaths among 28 people with symptoms, the health ministry in the central African country said Thursday. It’s the 16th outbreak of Ebola in Congo, and Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba said the fatality rate, estimated at 53.6%, showed the gravity …