Measles, which was 'eliminated' in the U.S. in 2000, could be endemic again within 25 years if current vaccination rates hold ...

Cholera should no longer exist, yet it kills thousands of people every year. New analysis from international group WaterAid ...

The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 2.2 billion cases have been prevented between 2000 and 2023.

The Douglas County Health Department is advising residents to watch for symptoms of tularemia after a dead rabbit infected ...

Tularemia — also known as “rabbit fever” — is a “serious but rare” infectious disease that is commonly found in animals, but ...

Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections ...

Melting Arctic ice increases human and animal interactions, raising the risk of infectious disease spread. Researchers urge ...

Minnesota typically reports an average of one human and two animal tularemia cases per year. But in 2024, the state confirmed infections in five people and 27 animals — a sharp increase from previous ...

In 2024, five people and 27 animals in Minnesota contracted the rare bacterial disease tularemia in the seven-county ...

Lyme disease is probably the most widely known disease that can result from a bite from the black-legged tick (a.k.a. deer ...

A disease that can be harmful to people and animals is back in Champaign County. Now, the public health district is doing ...