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A report in Clinical Infectious Diseases describes the largest US outbreak of fungal meningitis caused by Fusarium species, which occurred among residents who received epidural anesthesia for cosmetic surgeries with the same anesthesiologist in Matamoros, Mexico, in 2023. Of the 24 patients sickened, 12 died, which the authors say underscores the need for clinicians to suspect fungal meningitis in patients with …

One person has died and more than 20 others have gotten sick in an ongoing outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Central Harlem, New York City health officials said. The outbreak had grown to 22 confirmed cases by Thursday from a handful last Friday, according to the city health department. Five ZIP codes have been affected — 10027, 10030,10035, 10037 and …

Health officials in Michigan are sounding the alarm over the spread of Legionnaires’ disease after two people died of the infection this summer.  Wayne County officials confirmed that both people were living in Allegria Village, a continuing care retirement community in Dearborn, Michigan when they contracted the infection in June and July.  The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reportedly said that …

Health officials in New York have issued a warning following the outbreak of a deadly lung disease in parts of the city, with numbers growing by the day.  The NYC Health Department was alerted to a community cluster of three cases of Legionnaires’ disease in Central Harlem last week. But that number has now grown to eight, officials said Monday. …

On October 20, 2023, health officials in the County of San Diego, California, put out a press release warning of a Salmonella outbreak linked to raw (unpasteurized) milk. Such an outbreak is not particularly surprising; the reason the vast majority of milk is pasteurized (heated briefly to kill germs) is because milk can easily pick up nasty pathogens in the …

An almost-one-year-old baby girl has been connected to an ECMO machine and is in critical condition after she contracted measles. The infant is vaccinated according to schedule, but because she has not yet passed her first birthday, she has not yet been vaccinated against the measles virus. She was evacuated to the hospital over the weekend, and arrived in very …

By Arielle Zionts for KFF Health News Cassandra Palmier had been meaning to get her son the second and final dose of the measles vaccine. But car problems made it difficult to get to the doctor. So she pounced on the opportunity to get him vaccinated after learning that a mobile clinic would be visiting her neighborhood. “I was definitely concerned about …

This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised concerns about a significant increase in chikungunya virus cases. Known for its mosquito-borne transmission, the virus has caused outbreaks in several regions, including La Réunion and Mayotte in the Indian Ocean. According to The Conversation, between August 2024 and May 2025, more than 47,500 confirmed cases and 12 deaths were reported in …

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