People who visited two Cache County locations in September should be looking out for symptoms, health officials say. (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dr. Leisha Nolen, Utah’s state epidemiologist, warns of the first verified case of measles in Utah on Friday, June 20, 2025. Measles has now spread into a previously untouched portion of northern Utah, the Department …
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A little known condition can cause terrifying and incurable skin growths, with many having no choice but to face amputation. The rare condition, known as epidermodysplasia verruciformis, is only known to be present in a handful of people around the world. Dubbed tree man syndrome the people who have the skin disorder suffer from wart-like growths that resemble tree bark …
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By NICHOLAS WILSON, NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 12:42, 18 September 2025 | Updated: 12:47, 18 September 2025 Health officials have issued an alert after an infectious measles patient flew to New South Wales from the site of an active outbreak in Western Australia. NSW Health warned residents in Sydney and across the state’s north to monitor for symptoms on Wednesday …
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What seemed to have started out as a problem with just Google’s Pixel 7a has now expanded to affect users across the entire Pixel 7 series, with owners of both the standard Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro reporting similar battery swelling incidents that cause screens to lift and separate from their devices. Multiple news outlets have already highlighted the …
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US health authorities are on alert as cases of Chagas disease, originating from South America, are increasingly being detected in the United States. Cases have now been reported in at least eight states. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are now about to categorize the infectious disease as endemic , meaning occurring regularly within an area or community. This is not …
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An emerging, potentially deadly disease is spreading through the United States, particularly in the South. Chagas disease is caused by parasites in triatomine insects, also known as “kissing bugs” because they tend to bite people in the face. When kissing bugs bite, they pass the parasite in its feces. When the feces get into the bite wound, a cut, or …
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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 …
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Fears are being raised in Maine after three people in the state tested positive for the world’s deadliest disease. The patients were diagnosed with active tuberculosis and there was no connection between them, suggesting each was infected by a different source. They are in the Greater Portland area, officials said, and work is now underway to identify and isolate their close …
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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Donald Trump’s 2026 health care agenda, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 4, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. doubled down on false claims about vaccines during his Senate testimony on …
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