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Topline A warning this week by researchers at the CDC, about the spread of the potentially lethal fungus across the U.S., highlights the threat of other potentially dangerous fungal pathogens you’ve probably never heard of, but are an…

These "black-legged ticks", Ixodes scapularis, really suck and can carry the Babesia parasite, which ... can cause babesiosis. Image courtesy CDC/Michael L. Levin, Ph. D. 1990. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images).Getty Images…

Shigellosis, an infection caused by Shigella bacteria, computer illustration. Shigella sp. are ... Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria (bacilli). They infect the large intestine and cause dysentery, which can vary in severity from a mild…

Cases have been surging in the U.K., too. A February 9 report from the U.K. Health Security Agency ... (UKHSA) indicated that norovirus cases in the U.K. have been 66% higher than the typical average for this time of the year. (Photo…

The CH.1.1 Omicron subvariant of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ... now comprises about 10% of all the Covid-19 samples around the world. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended people drop the use of EzriCare ... Artificial Tears for now while they further investigate cases of Verona Integron‐mediated Metallo‐β‐lactamase (VIM)‐ and…

Topline Only 28% of Americans are meeting physical activity guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a study from the agency released Thursday that also found Americans’ amount of exercise varied widely…

Bearded dragons have been linked to a Salmonella outbreak that has already left at least 32 people ... sick and 10 people hospitalized. (Photo by Ben Birchall/PA Images via Getty Images)PA Images via Getty Images This Salmonella outbreak…

There’s been a lot of chatter about the January 13 announcement from the Centers for Disease Control ... and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about a possible “safety signal” for the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19…

The Omicron XBB subvariants now comprise over 50% of the Covid-19 cases in New York State. Will ... Holiday gatherings such as New Year's celebrations result in yet another Covid-19 surge? (Photo by YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images)AFP…