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(NEW YORK) -- More measles cases are being confirmed across the United States as health officials work to treat patients in an ongoing outbreak in Texas.The Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH) and the Franklin County Health Department announced on Wednesday a confirmed case of measles in an adult resident, the first in the state in two years.The departments said the resident recently traveled internationally to an area where measles is spreading.Meanwhile, […]

(NEW YORK) -- Longer periods of extreme heat has been found to accelerate biological age in older adults by up to two years, according to new research.More heat days over time correlated with deterioration at the molecular and cellular level in adults 56 years or older, likely because the biological deterioration accumulates over time and eventually leads to disease and disability, Eunyoung Choi, a postdoctoral associate at the University of […]

(LUBBOCK, Texas) -- An unvaccinated school-aged child in Texas has died of measles, the first associated with an outbreak in the western part of the state that has infected more than 100 people.Lubbock city spokesperson Lauren Adams confirmed the death to ABC News on Wednesday.In a press release, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) said the child was hospitalized in the northwestern city of Lubbock last week and tested positive for measles.As […]

(LUBBOCK, Texas) -- An unvaccinated school-aged child in Texas has died of measles, the first associated with an outbreak in the western part of the state that has infected more than 100 people.Lubbock city spokesperson Lauren Adams confirmed the death to ABC News on Wednesday.In a press release, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) said the child was hospitalized in the northwestern city of Lubbock last week and tested positive for measles.As […]

BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (LUBBOCK, Texas) -- An unvaccinated school-aged child in Texas has died of measles, the first associated with an outbreak in the western part of the state that has infected more than 100 people.Lubbock city spokesperson Lauren Adams confirmed the death to ABC News on Wednesday.In a press release, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) said the child was hospitalized in Lubbock, located […]

A general view of the World Health Organization (WHO) on April 28, 2009, in Geneva, Switzerland. (Harold Cunningham/Getty Images) (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO) -- The World Health Organization has reported that there is a deadly "unknown disease" spreading in one region within the Democratic Republic of Congo.Local health officials in Congo are partnering with the World Health Organization to investigate.The phrase "unknown disease" primarily means that the disease has not […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday that the new coronavirus found in bats is currently not a cause for concern.There is no reason to believe the virus poses a threat to public health at the moment and no infections have been detected in humans, according to the federal health agency."CDC is aware of a publication about a new bat coronavirus, but there is […]

(NEW YORK) -- Flu activity remains "elevated" in the United States but is starting to show signs of abating, according to new federal data published Friday.The 2024-25 flu season was classified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a "high" severity season overall and for all age groups, making it the first high severity season since 2017-2018.During the week ending Feb. 15, 6.8% of visits to doctors' […]

(AUSTIN, Texas) -- The number of measles cases linked to an outbreak in western Texas has grown to 90, according to new data released on Friday.Almost all of the cases are in unvaccinated individuals or individuals whose vaccination status is unknown, and 16 people have been hospitalized so far, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. Five cases included those who have been vaccinated.A DSHS spokesperson previously told ABC […]