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Salmonella outbreak tied to eggs sickens dozens across 7 states
Health

Salmonella outbreak tied to eggs sickens dozens across 7 states

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June 7, 2025
RFK Jr. heads to West Texas, where a second child has died from measles-related causes as outbreak nears 500 cases
Health

RFK Jr. heads to West Texas, where a second child has died from measles-related causes as outbreak nears 500 cases

By Devi Shastri, Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
April 6, 2025
Texas measles cases rise to 146 as state’s biggest outbreak in nearly 30 years expands after child’s death
Health

Texas measles cases rise to 146 as state’s biggest outbreak in nearly 30 years expands after child’s death

By Jamie Stengle and The Associated Press
March 1, 2025
Hens at a poultry farm
Health

Experts sound the alarm as Ohio farmworker’s bird flu sparks fear it’s the next pandemic

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February 13, 2025
Being mindful of where your food comes from and how it’s prepared will go a long way toward keeping you, your loved ones, and your community safe from bird flu.
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Can you get bird flu from eating eggs? What you need to know about staying safe

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February 1, 2025
Days before President Donald Trump took office a second time, the Department of Health and Human Services granted Moderna $590 million for the development of mRNA vaccines for bird flu and other influenza viruses.
Health

As bird flu becomes a growing threat, Moderna is awarded $590M to develop mRNA pandemic influenza vaccines

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January 23, 2025
The 2024–25 seasonal influenza vaccine doesn’t prevent H5N1 bird flu but could play a pivotal role in preventing a pandemic.
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Bird flu could merge with seasonal flu to make mutated virus that could spread among humans, CDC warns

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January 3, 2025
Norovirus cases are surging around the US and 40% above highs for this time of year
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Norovirus cases are surging around the US and 40% above highs for this time of year

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December 29, 2024
McDonald’s president is confident you can still ‘enjoy the classics,’ despite ongoing investigation of E. coli outbreak from the famed Quarter Pounders
Health

McDonald’s president is confident you can still ‘enjoy the classics,’ despite ongoing investigation of E. coli outbreak from the famed Quarter Pounders

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October 23, 2024
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Retail

McDonald’s pulls Quarter Pounders in 10 states as E. coli outbreak kills one and hospitalizes a child–onions likely source of contamination

By Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
October 23, 2024
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had preliminarily documented more than 17,600 whooping cough infections in the U.S. as of Oct. 5, 2024—more than four times the nearly 4,000 infections recorded at this time in 2023.
Health

Whooping cough cases up 342% since 2023 as U.S. outbreak continues. What to know about symptoms and spread

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October 11, 2024
clinician administers the mpox vaccine
Health

Congo begins mpox vaccinations nearly 2 months after WHO declares global emergency

By Ruth Alonga and The Associated Press
October 5, 2024
Australian supermarket is limiting customers to just 2 egg cartons a day to ward off bird flu freakouts
Finance

Australian supermarket is limiting customers to just 2 egg cartons a day to ward off bird flu freakouts

By Keira Wright and Bloomberg
June 11, 2024
An optical microscope view of Candida auris.
Health

Deadly drug-resistant fungus has spread across the U.S. Here’s what you need to know about Candida auris

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March 21, 2023
Austria to vaccine skeptics: Get the jab, or you’ll be locked down at home
International

Austria to vaccine skeptics: Get the jab, or you’ll be locked down at home

By Christiaan Hetzner and Vivienne Walt
November 12, 2021

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