Health

Inside the fight against mosquitoes spreading dengue fever in Florida Tampa Bay TimesSurgeon general urges precautions against dengue FOX 13 Tampa BayHillsborough County leads Florida dengue fever cases as total doubles in 1 week WFLADengue cases in Florida nearly double in one week, here’s where Sarasota Herald-TribuneFlorida Surgeon General Reminds Floridians to Take Precautions Against … Read more

Local health departments in North Carolina have evaluated hundreds of people for rabies after they interacted with baby goats that were part of a mobile petting zoo, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services. As of Wednesday, 284 people have been evaluated by local health departments, while others have consulted with a … Read more

Lancaster County baby died of measles, coroner saysLANCASTER, Pa. —An infant died from measles in Lancaster County, according to Lancaster County Coroner Stephen Diamantoni.Video above: Lancaster County commissioner proposes health department.The Pennsylvania Department of Health originally reported that death and another infant death in Lancaster County as “measles-associated.” Some officials had questioned what exactly the … Read more

CHULA VISTA (KGTV)- San Diego County public health officials are investigating four cases of a highly contagious parasite linked to the swimming pools at the Gaylord Pacific Resort and Convention Center.The San Diego Public Health Department is investigating four cases of cryptosporidiosis — also known as “crypto” — connected to the resort’s pools. Officials are … Read more

A Pennsylvania coroner has confirmed a second child measles death in the state.The measles deaths are the first reported in the United States this year amid a 35-year high in infections.”Just today, we received a report of another child who died with measles, and we’re in the process of doing an investigation,” Lancaster County Coroner, … Read more

If you’ve heard of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), it may be because of Bruce Willis or Wendy Williams — two celebrities whose diagnoses in recent years have shed light on this infrequently discussed neurodegenerative disease. Though FTD is relatively rare, accounting for about 5 percent to 10 percent of all dementia cases and affecting an estimated … Read more

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Chicago resident has died from West Nile virus, marking the city’s first death linked to the mosquito-borne illness this year, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health.Several other cases have been reported throughout Illinois.The virus is most commonly spread to people through the bite of … Read more

Last week, the family of Miki Berkovich revealed that he is living with dementia with Lewy bodies. Alongside the pain prompted by the disclosure, it highlighted one of the central problems in the field: the gap between the moment changes begin to appear in memory, language, orientation or behavior and the point at which a … Read more

EDITOR’S NOTE:  This story was reported in collaboration with the Global Health Reporting Center and support from the Pulitzer Center. The small business owner was diagnosed with appendicitis. The university lecturer and the government clerk, both struggling with stomach pain for more than a year, were told they had ulcers. In each case, the real … Read more

A genetically modified kidney from a pig called Wilma has kept a 66-year-old man with kidney failure alive for a record nine months and successfully acted as a “bridge” to a human transplant in a world first.Tim Andrews was seriously ill with end-stage kidney disease caused by type 2 diabetes and had only a 9% … Read more