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April 16, 2023

Michigan mill worker dies from fungal outbreak of blastomycosis: 'Deeply saddened'

A contract worker at the Billerud Paper Mill in Escanaba, Michigan, has died from an ongoing fungal outbreak that may have infected nearly 100 employees with blastomycosis.

April 12, 2023

New Mexico records its 1st child death caused by state’s flu season

New Mexico has recorded its first flu-related child death. While flu cases have dropped, officials are urging people to get vaccinated in the summer or fall.

April 11, 2023

Fungal outbreak in Michigan: Nearly 100 paper mill employees could be infected

Nearly 100 people apparently have contracted blastomycosis, an infection caused by a fungus called Blastomyces. The outbreak happened at the Billerud Paper Mill in Escanaba, Michigan.

March 17, 2023

Older Americans reject more vaccines, opt instead for ‘natural healing,' says report

Many adults 40 and older do not want immunizations, despite their general concerns about virus infections, as revealed in new research published by AARP.

February 25, 2023

FDA approves first at-home test to detect both flu and COVID

The FDA has authorized the first over-the-counter home test that can detect both influenza A and B as well as SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

February 23, 2023

Pope Francis had to skip speeches, cancel an audience due to a bad cold

Pope Francis has a bad cold which forced him to cancel an audience and skip speeches. Francis coughed repeatedly during Ash Wednesday services.

February 17, 2023

Forget COVID; CDC now warns this virus is highly contagious

CDC now warns this virus is so highly contagious that one in 15 Americans will get it. Here’s how you can try to avoid it or tell if it's got you.

February 13, 2023

Face masks made ‘little to no difference’ in preventing spread of COVID, scientific review finds

A new scientific review suggests that mask mandates, per the CDC's recommendations, may have done little to nothing to curb the transmission of COVID.

January 14, 2023

Remember the fear about flu flare-ups over the holidays? Didn't happen, says CDC

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported that visits to doctors' offices for flu-like illnesses dropped for the sixth week — despite earlier worries about a flu surge.

December 24, 2022

RSV, COVID and flu are not ‘equal opportunity’ viruses: Dr. Devi Nampiaparampil

NYU School of Medicine Associate Professor Dr. Devi Nampiaparampil discusses the spread of flu, COVID and RSV this winter.