NEW YORK — New York City officials have discovered a sixth death linked to a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Central Harlem, where more than 100 people have been…
Read more Death toll from Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City rises to 6 and infections hit 111LOS ANGELES — McDonald’s announced Sunday that Quarter Pounders will again be on its menu at hundreds of its restaurants after testing ruled out beef patties as the…
Read more Testing rules out beef patties as the source of E. coli outbreak, McDonald’s saysE. coli food poisoning linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers has sickened at least 49 people in 10 states, including one person who died and 10 who were…
Read more Deadly E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders sickens 49 people in 10 statesBoar’s Head, the deli meat company at the center of a deadly listeria food poisoning outbreak, is being scrutinized by law enforcement officials, the U.S. Agriculture Department disclosed…
Read more Boar’s Head faces legal scrutiny over deadly deli meat listeria outbreak, USDA saysBy all accounts, Milagra the “miracle” California condor shouldn’t be alive today. But now at nearly 17 months old, she is one of four of the giant endangered…
Read more A rare condor hatched and raised by foster parents in captivity will soon get to live wildKAVUMU, Congo — Health authorities have struggled to contain outbreaks of mpox in Congo, a huge central African country where a myriad of existing problems makes stemming the…
Read more Why is Congo struggling to contain mpox?LONDON — The World Health Organization has declared the ongoing outbreaks of mpox in Congo and elsewhere in Africa to be a global emergency, requiring urgent action to…
Read more Now that mpox is a global health emergency, will it trigger another pandemic?LONDON — Swedish health officials said Thursday they have identified the first case of a person with the more infectious form of mpox first seen in eastern Congo,…
Read more Sweden reports 1st case of more infectious form of mpox first identified in CongoPARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is joining several African leaders on Thursday to kick off a planned $1 billion project to accelerate the rollout of vaccines in…
Read more France’s Macron, African leaders push for vaccines for Africa after COVID-19 exposed inequalitiesCHICAGO — Hundreds of migrants and other people turned out Wednesday night for a vigil held for a 5-year-old migrant boy who died after becoming ill in a…
Read more Vigil held for 5-year-old migrant boy who died at Chicago shelterHundreds of people in the U.S. and Canada have been sickened and at least 10 people have died in a growing outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to contaminated…
Read more Here's what you need to know about the deadly salmonella outbreak tied to cantaloupesThe U.S. Department of Agriculture says 1.35 million chickens are being slaughtered on an Ohio egg farm as the bird flu continues to take a toll on the…
Read more Bird flu still taking toll on industry as 1.35 million chickens are being killed on an Ohio egg farmThe U.S. Department of Agriculture says 1.35 million chickens are being slaughtered on an Ohio egg farm as the bird flu continues to take a toll on the…
Read more Bird flu still taking toll on industry as 1.35 million chickens are being killed on an Ohio egg farmHARARE, Zimbabwe — These days, Catherine Mangosho locks her 3-year-old grandson in the house for hours on end in an attempt to shield him from a deadly cholera…
Read more Zimbabwe cholera outbreak suspected of killing more than 150, leaving many terrifiedUNITED NATIONS — Almost seven months of war between Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary group have left a wave of destruction with over half the population in…
Read more Over half of Sudan’s population needs humanitarian aid after nearly 7 months of war, UN saysU.S. health regulators are warning consumers not to use more than two dozen varieties of over-the-counter eyedrops due to the risk of infections that could lead to blindness…
Read more Eyedrops from CVS, Rite Aid and others carry possible infection risk, FDA saysAn outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to bagged, precut onions recalled by a California firm has sickened at least 73 people in 22 states, including 15 who were…
Read more Bagged, precut onions linked to salmonella outbreak that has sickened 73 people in 22 statesAn outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to bagged, precut onions recalled by a California firm has sickened at least 73 people in 22 states, including 15 who were…
Read more Bagged, precut onions linked to salmonella outbreak that has sickened 73 people in 22 statesLONDON — Health ministers in the Western Pacific nominated a surgeon from Tonga, Dr. Saia Ma’u Piukala, to lead the World Health Organization’s regional office at a meeting…
Read more A Tonga surgeon to lead WHO’s Western Pacific after previous director fired for racism, misconductDERNA, Libya — Officials warned Monday that a disease outbreak in Libya’s northeast, where floods have killed thousands, could create “a second devastating crisis” as diarrhea spread among…
Read more UN warns disease outbreak in Libya’s flooded east could spark ‘second crisis’
