Cyclosporiasis outbreak grows, restaurants scramble to respond
A parasitic infection called Cyclosporiasis known for causing weeks of watery, sometimes explosive diarrhea has spread across 31 states, with Michigan reporting more cases than anywhere else in the country and investigators still unable to pin down where it started. A growing and unusually stubborn outbreak Michigan has recorded more than 1,000 Cyclosporiasis cases within […]
Whooping cough cases are surging and most adults are not protected
Cases have quadrupled compared to this time last year and declining vaccination rates are driving the increase across the country. Whooping cough is making a return that public health officials had hoped to avoid. The highly contagious bacterial infection, known medically as pertussis, has surged to roughly 16,375 reported cases […]
Hantavirus Explained: How Dangerous Is It Really?
Hantavirus is a virus that most people have never encountered directly and that most infectious disease specialists have spent their careers treating as a rare and geographically limited threat. That changed in April 2026 when a hantavirus outbreak of a particularly dangerous strain emerged aboard a cruise ship sailing from southern Argentina, resulting in multiple […]