Los Angeles County health officials reported a localized outbreak of flea-borne typhus in the Pico-Union neighborhood, where five people have become ill this year.

A patient aged 80 to 84 was the first to die this year in Florida of a confirmed Vibrio vulnificus, better known as the “flesh-eating bacteria,” infection, according to the Florida Department of Health’s data on Thursday.

Officials say the rare case likely stemmed from contact with a bat on an outdoor balcony.

Justin Vu was on a family trip to Oregon when he first began showing symptoms.

A 4,000-year-old disease is making a comeback in at least one U.S. state, and officials say armadillos could be to blame.

There’s still no vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain of the virus as the country struggles for control in infected areas.

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Each additional prescription medication was linked to a 7% increase in death risk among older adults, raising urgent questions about deprescribing.

New research says ancient mummy DNA provides the firmest evidence yet that European colonization brought smallpox to the Americas. The deadly disease struck Asia and Europe and eventually spread to the Americas, where it killed millions and devastated Indigen…