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Ticks and Lyme disease emerge for 2024 season: How to protect yourself from bites
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 days agoLyme disease left untreated for a month or more could cause a range of more severe symptoms like...
CDC reports 40 million U.S. adults can’t swim
WEEK 25 News Now· 5 days agoThe report states children ages one through four are most at risk for drowning, but so are adults 65 and older. The report also shows that more than one in three Black adults reported they are ...
Whooping cough cases on the rise in Buncombe County; Symptoms? Protective measures?
Gannett via AOL· 14 hours agoPreteens, teen and adults should receive a Tdap booster shot, as recommended by the CDC. Pregnant...
Family Reunion Left 3 People Hospitalized With Rare Parasitic Worms, CDC Reports
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHuman trichinellosis is far less common now because of changes in pork production practices that had...
CDC calls risk low, but is preparing against easier bird flu spread to people
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoCDC said as part of its beefed-up surveillance it is also evaluating the lab tests now available, as...
Whooping cough outbreaks: Why is pertussis on the rise in several countries?
LiveScience· 1 day agoCases of whooping cough, or pertussis, have been on the rise in various countries, including the...
No reported bird flu cases in Maryland so far; CDC preps for potential higher human risk - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 2 days agoThis article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. No cases...
CDC says vaccination could protect the U.S. from more dangerous mpox virus
NBC News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAs concerns mount about a large outbreak of an especially virulent form of mpox in central Africa...
What’s Going Around | Wearing hearing aids could help you live longer, study shows
WDVM via Yahoo News· 5 days agoWASHINGTON (DC News Now) — If you should be wearing hearing aids and don’t, you may want to...
Ebola Fast Facts – KION546
KION 46 Salinas· 14 hours agoEbola hemorrhagic fever is a disease caused by one of five different Ebola viruses. The fifth, Reston virus, has caused illness in some animals, but not...