The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed a norovirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship — the first one of the year that's been reported. The Holland America Line was hit ...

California health officials are sounding the alarm about a deadly poisoning outbreak linked to Amanita phalloides, or the death cap mushroom. The California Department of Public Health reported 35 ...

A new tornado watch was issued Sunday for parts of West Virginia, Ohio and PA. Millions of Americans across the country are on alert for a severe weather outbreak as violent, long-track tornadoes with ...

CINCINNATI, (WXIX) - Ohio health officials announced the state’s first measles cases Thursday, calling it an “outbreak.” Three children in one household in Cuyahoga County are infected, according to ...

Flu continues to bring misery across the US, with all but four states showing high or very high levels of activity as a new virus strain called subclade K continues to spread. By another measure – ...

This year’s flu season is shaping up to be a nasty one—driven by a new variant of the influenza virus that may be able to slip past our vaccine defenses. A mutated form of the influenza A strain H3N2 ...

New K Variant Flu Outbreak In US: A highly contagious and super lethal strain of flu is spreading rapidly across the United States. Named as 'super flu', this variant is actually called 'subclade K' ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The total number of cases nationwide topped 2.200 by the end of the year, with infections confirmed in at least 44 states. While ...

The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) is reporting 26 new measles cases in the state since Friday, bringing the total number of cases linked to the Upstate outbreak to 211. According to ...

Clinician-scientist Swee Sen Kwek began his career with ambitions rooted in lab research, not hospital clinics. On a scholarship, he studied microbiology and immunology at the University of ...

In an unprecedented change, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the number of immunizations routinely recommended for all children from 17 to 11. On the new schedule, vaccines ...