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CDC data shows 2025 is now the worst year for measles cases in this country in more than three decades. More than 150 people have been hospitalized due to the growing outbreak and three have died, ...
Carl Zimmer writes about the results of a new genetic study of humans and the diseases that afflicted us over the past 37,000 year ...
Around 5,000 years ago, humans discovered that they could domesticate animals. So, as it were, they adopted animals like cows ...
Measles was considered eradicated in the United States in 2000. For the first time in 25 years, cases have reached a new high ...
Confirmed measles cases in the U.S. reached 1,288, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed on ...
The University of Texas and Austin Public Health created a measles simulator for school districts and private schools around the county to better ...
New landmark research has successfully mapped 37,000 years of infectious disease across ancient human populations.
The U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread since 1991, with a total of 1,288 cases nationally and another six ...
While measles symptoms typically resolve in a few weeks, the virus can cause pneumonia, making it difficult for patients, ...
The U.S. has seen more measles cases in 2025 than in any year since the virus was declared "eliminated" in 2000.
Catastrophic flooding struck central Texas on Friday as the Guadalupe River surged by more than 20 to 26 feet within 90 ...
Creating a way for tourists and casual oceangoers to flag diseased coral is underway as white syndrome threatens reefs around ...