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According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, it is the first time malaria has been locally acquired in the US in twenty years after cases were identified in Florida and Texas

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 18,518 new cases of Ovarian cancer in 2020 (the last year data was available) and 13,438 women died from the horrific disease in the US

Warnings of the West Nile virus were issued across the US - the disease, transmitted by mosquitoes, can cause fever or chills, but can develop into something much more serious

The 54-year-old man from Missouri became infected after eating the popular dish bought from a food stand in the St. Louis suburb of Manchester, the St. Louis County Public Health Department has said

A new report revealed that lab workers at the Mayo Clinic Arizona were exposed to the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei. The bacteria is considered 'endemic' to multiple states along the Gulf Coast of the US

Donnie Adams, of Tampa Bay, Florida, was bitten by a relative when he stepped in to break up a fight at a family gathering and contracted a flesh-eating bacteria

Over 175 people fell ill with norovirus during a recent Celebrity Cruises voyage to Bermuda, marking the third norovirus outbreak on their ships this year

A CDC expert has said the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei is lurking in soil and stagnant water across the 1,600 miles of Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida

The Black Death was one of the bleakest moments of European history, claiming the lives of hundreds of millions, and now experts fear it could be making a comeback

Lauren Robinson, 29, from Texas has been named as one of three Americans who died from fungal meningitis thought to have been contracted from a comestic surgery clinic in Mexico

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recorded a spike in human metapneumovirus (hMPV) cases, with flu-like symptoms. Here's all you need to know about the virus

Doctors fears that people are not aware of Human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a virus that has the same symptoms as Covid and the flu and is on the rise

American virologist Dr Robert Redfield, who served as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2018 to 2021, feared his grandchildren would be faced with an even bigger crisis

An urgent warning has been issued by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in the US over a salmonella outbreak reported among patients who recently ate raw cookie dough

Over 200 Americans have travelled to plastic surgery clinics in Matamoros, Mexico. Two patients have died after catching fungal meningitis, a disease that affects the brain and spinal cord

A second person, thought to be from Texas, US, is believed to have contracted fungal meningitis after doctors used un-sterilized equipment during surgery in Matamoros in Mexico

The World Health Organization (WHO) has a 'priority' list of diseases which they say pose the greatest public health risk and are being monitored and researched to prepare for the next potential public health emergency

A woman in the US has described the grim symptoms of a strange and contagious fungal disease known as 'tinea', of which two cases have been reported in women in the country

The drug-resistant ringworm, known as tinea, is becoming increasingly common due to higher temperatures driven by climate change and is resistant to some medication, according to medical experts

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed two patients were struck down with the first cases of the drug-resistant ringworm, also known as tinea, after suffering rash symptoms

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US reported at least two women aged 28 and 47 have been struck down with the first known cases of the drug-resistant ringworm known as tinea

Parents are being warned to look out for several symptoms after a nursery child died following an outbreak of unidentified illnesses

Amy St. Pierre, 39, was killed and four others injured when a man started shooting inside the waiting room of the Northside Hospital Midtown medical building in Atlanta, Georgia.

The new Covid variant known as Arcturus or XBB.1.16, which was first detected in January 2023, is rapidly spreading across the globe and making health officials worried

Jeff Bova tried to tough his way through the infection treating it with antibiotic cream but eventually relented and went to a hospital. He sadly died two days later