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Sorrasak Jar Tinyo/Getty Images (LANSING, Mich.) -- A Michigan resident has died of rabies after apparently undergoing an organ transplant, health officials said.The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) told ABC News that the patient underwent an organ transplant at an Ohio hospital in December 2024.The resident died in January 2025 and "a public health investigation determined they contracted rabies through the transplanted organ," MDHHS said.The organ donor […]

(WASHINGTON) -- A measles case was confirmed in a person who traveled to Washington, D.C., on an Amtrak train, according to the D.C. Department of Health (DC Health).The person visited multiple locations while contagious, including the southbound Amtrak Northeast Regional 175 Train and Union Station on March 19 as well as a MedStar Urgent Care in Adams Morgan on March 22, DC Health said in a press release on Tuesday.DC Health said […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Measles vaccination rates appear to be increasing in some areas of the U.S. that have been affected by outbreaks this year.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently recommends that people receive two doses of the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine -- the first at ages 12 to 15 months and the second between 4 and 6 years old. One dose is 93% effective, and two doses […]

Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto via Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) -- The measles outbreak in western Texas is continuing to grow with 18 cases confirmed over the last five days, bringing the total to 327 cases, according to new data published Tuesday.Nearly all of the cases are in unvaccinated individuals or in individuals whose vaccination status is unknown, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). At least 40 people have […]