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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sounding the alarm over increased cases of lung infections in the U.S., especially among children, as flu season begins. According to the CDC, ...

Infections caused by Cronobacter sakazakii bacteria are rare, but they can be life-threatening in infants, federal health officials warn. In a Friday report, the CDC analyzed two cases of C. sakazakii ...

An epidemic of sexually transmitted infections that saw rates spike on Long Island and across the nation in recent years may be slowing, but experts on Long Island said they were nowhere near ...

(The Hill) — The recently detected BA.2.86 COVID-19 subvariant may be more capable of causing infections in people who previously contracted the virus or have been vaccinated, according to a risk ...

Difficult-to-treat infections caused by dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria are on an alarming upward climb, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned in a recent health alert. Known ...

A rare disease spread by body lice poses a danger to people experiencing homelessness and others who have received organ transplants from the infected, according to three papers released Wednesday by ...

Two cases of highly contagious, drug-resistant ringworm infections have been detected in New York City — the first such cases reported in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...