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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday tallied the highest number of US measles cases since the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago, just as a key Senate committee split the vote to advance President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the public health agency.
A Senate committee will vote this week on whether to advance the nomination of Susan Monarez, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This summer's May and June spikes in tick bites are the largest for at least five years in the Northeast, according to data from the CDC
The CDC ends its emergency response to H5N1 bird flu after recording 70 human cases and one death nationally, even as experts note seasonal patterns may increase fall cases.
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Doctors and researchers said the moves will make it harder to detect potentially dangerous changes. If the virus continues to jump between species or the human case count grows, there’s a greater risk that it could mutate and become more easily transmissible between people,
Tick season is in full-swing and health experts believe the number of these pesky, little parasites will increase every year.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it has ended its emergency response to H5N1 bird flu, citing a drop in cases.
Cases are rising in the U.S., but the CDC says most people who bring measles into the U.S. are unvaccinated residents who traveled internationally.