The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning about a rise in meningococcal disease, a rare bacterial illnesses than can lead to meningitis, a potentially fatal infection. In an alert to doctors on Thursday, the CDC noted an increase in cases of one type of invasive meningococcal disease, most of it due to a … Read more
Nikos Pekiaridis | Lightrocket | Getty Images Moderna has more to offer beyond its Covid vaccine. The biotech company Wednesday announced positive clinical trial data on three experimental vaccines against other viruses. The company is moving those shots to final stage studies, it said. The update brings Moderna a step closer to having multiple products … Read more
Syphilis cases continue to surge in U.S., CDC says – CBS News Watch CBS News Health officials are warning about a growing syphilis epidemic in the U.S. Dr. Ina Park, the medical director for the California Prevention Training Center, joins CBS News to discuss the alarming trend and how to prevent the spread of the … Read more
American dies in Dominican Republic surgery American woman dies in Dominican Republic during plastic surgery 02:36 Dozens of U.S. citizens died after receiving cosmetic surgery in the Dominican Republic over a 14-year period, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency found that 93 Americans died after undergoing such procedures in the … Read more
The CDC said the JN.1 was now the dominant COVID-19 variant in the United States, accounting for nearly 50 percent of active cases in the country. Representative Image COVID-19 Update: The JN.1 variant accounts for nearly 50 percent of active COVID-19 cases in the United States, making the new highly transmissible variants as the most … Read more
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning travelers to Baja California, Mexico, about Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a potentially fatal bacterial disease that spreads through the bite of an infected brown dog tick, which can be carried by pets. The warning comes after a San Diego, California, resident who traveled to Baja … Read more
Hospitals in Ukraine are now battling an “alarming increase” in germs with resistance to the last-ditch antibiotic medications used to treat the infections, a study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. Officials are now calling for the “urgent crisis” to be addressed, and warning that the drug-resistant germs are … Read more
