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North Carolina health officials are warning that West Nile virus is spreading after two deaths were linked to the disease.The two deaths were adults from central North Carolina, according to the state’s Department of Health and Human Services.Currently, 2026 is on pace to be the second-highest year on record for West Nile virus cases, after 2024, according to local ABC News affiliate WTVD.Transmission levels are higher because of warm weather […]

After years of fertility treatments to become pregnant with her first two children, 30-year-old Ashlee Amborn was shocked to learn she was pregnant with her third child just four months after her second was born. The solution, she said: a GLP-1. Amborn had struggled for years with several conditions that made it difficult to become pregnant, including polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) (formerly known as polycystic ovarian syndrome), a single functioning […]

As measles continues to spread across the U.S., local health officials say it may be spurring some to get themselves or their children vaccinated.More than 4,000 cases have been confirmed in the U.S. as well as six deaths -- with the most recent fatality confirmed by Pennsylvania health officials on Monday. It's the most cases and deaths reported in the country in more than three decades.Doctors and public health department […]

Miniature organs being sent into space for the very first time may soon help scientists understand how spaceflight impacts certain organs and may accelerate aging.In a joint effort by researchers from Mount Sinai, NASA and aerospace company Space Tango, these mini organs will be exposed to the increased radiation and microgravity astronauts face in space, especially on long-duration missions."If people are going to be living and working in space, then we need to understand what's going to happen […]

Measles cases in the United States have surpassed 4,000 this year, according to data updated Friday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).A total of 4,080 cases have been confirmed, with most reported by 45 states and Washington, D.C. Eighteen of this year's total have been among international visitors to the U.S., according to the CDC.Five measles-associated deaths have been confirmed so far in 2026, all of them […]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it has established measures to "identify and assess" any travelers from the Russian region where a possible plague case was reported.In a statement on Wednesday, the agency noted that roughly 200 travelers from the region arrive in the U.S. over the course of a year. These travelers enter the country through airports where CDC staff are already positioned. "CDC is closely monitoring […]

Pennsylvania is reporting 74 new measles cases since Monday, the state's health department said Wednesday.A total of 1,078 cases have been reported in the state so far this year. At least 207 people have been hospitalized and five people have died, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.Of the 74 cases added, more than 40 represent individuals who were sick more than two weeks ago and are no longer contagious, […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday it does not currently have enough information from Russian authorities to conduct a full risk assessment after the death of a plague laboratory worker in Siberia.Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, said during a press conference that following media reports of the worker's death, the WHO asked the Russian Federation on Saturday for more information, in accordance with the International Health Regulations (IHR).The […]

As the weather turns colder, it also means respiratory virus season is upon the United States.In its annual outlook report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it expects the 2026-27 respiratory virus season to have a similar number of peak hospitalizations from influenza, COVID-19 and RSV compared to last season.Public health specialists told ABC News the best way for people to protect themselves against these viruses is […]