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Cyclospora Total Climbs to 15,716 Confirmed Cases and 828 Hospitalizations with Two Weeks Left in Season

CDC reported 15,716 domestic Cyclospora cases and 828 hospitalizations through August 17, an increase of 1,821 cases from the previous weekly posting.

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Doctors Put a Camera into Her Chest and Found a Living Lung Fluke Moving on the Pleura

A woman had pleural fluid twice in six months. A thoracoscope finally found the cause moving on her chest wall: a living parasitic worm.

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A Record Outbreak Season Is Colliding with a Federal Campaign Telling Americans to Eat More Fresh Food

Record foodborne illness outbreaks are complicating the health secretary's push for fresh food. The tension is about traceback, not produce safety.

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Analyst Notes: Just how dangerous are E-Bikes? It’s surprisingly hard to know.

Injuries and fatalities for e-bikes and e-scooters have increased over the past several years, but does the data exist to help us understand why?

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A Pooled 24 Country Analysis Ties Rotavirus Vaccination to Fewer Deaths Among Children Hospitalized with Diarrhea

A Lancet analysis pooling case-control studies across 24 countries links rotavirus vaccination to lower mortality from rotavirus gastroenteritis.

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Children Given Flu Antivirals Within Two Days of Symptom Onset Had an 81 Percent Lower Hospitalization Risk

A new study links antiviral treatment within 48 hours to a sharp reduction in influenza hospitalizations in children. It shows association, not proof.

Medical Daily

New CDC director acknowledges agency problems in first large staff meeting

Dr. Erica Schwartz, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is promising to advocate for the agency while addressing staff burnout and understaffing issues

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Doctors Get an Updated Antibiotic Playbook as Resistant Gut Bacteria Outpace the Drugs Designed to Stop Them

IDSA released updated guidance for treating drug-resistant Gram-negative infections as NDM-carrying bacteria spread through US hospitals.

Medical Daily

One Recalled Jalapeño Supply Has Pulled Guacamole, Burritos and Deli Salads from More Than a Dozen Grocery Chains

A single recalled jalapeño supply has triggered recalls at Whole Foods, Target, Walmart, and more. Here is how ingredient recalls cascade.

Medical Daily

A Fatal Sheep Prion Disease Returns After Five Years and Pushes the National Eradication Target Back to 2033

USDA confirmed classical scrapie in an Oregon sheep, the first US case since 2021. Here is what the prion disease does and does not mean.

Medical Daily

Idaho Confirms Its First West Nile Meningitis Case of the Season in a Canyon County Resident Over 65

Idaho confirmed its first West Nile virus meningitis case of the year in a Canyon County resident. Here are the neurological warning signs.

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In Mice, Candida Auris Hides Inside Hair Follicles and Turns the Skin's Defenses into a Bodyguard

In mice, Candida auris settled into hair follicles and exposed chitin, triggering an immune signal that shut down the skin's antifungal defense.

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Border Agents Searched His Phone 5 Times Without a Warrant. He's Asking the Supreme Court To Put a Stop to It.

How many warrantless cellphone searches does it take to change border policy?

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Missouri Cyclospora Cases Reach 1,950 as Doctors See Early Signs the Summer Outbreak May Be Peaking

Missouri reported 1,950 cases of cyclosporiasis, up 24% in a week, though clinicians say the summer outbreak may be nearing its peak.

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Most American Adults Show No Measurable Immunity to Hepatitis A or B Despite Decades of Vaccines

A JAMA Internal Medicine analysis found 39.5% of US adults had serologic immunity to hepatitis A and just 27.1% had it for hepatitis B.

The Conversation

The CDC has a new director – now comes the hard part

The new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Erica Schwartz, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Aug. 5, 2026, is only the second CDC director to face Senate confirmation. Congress adopted the process for the agency after the COVID-19 pandemic to bring more scrutiny to one of…

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Why School Mornings Turn Into Fights—and What Fathers Can Change

School mornings have a remarkable talent for turning perfectly ordinary families into a tiny emergency-response team. One child cannot find a shoe, another suddenly hates the breakfast that worked perfectly yesterday, somebody remembers a permission slip at the exact moment the car should leave, and Dad stands in the middle…

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Only One Cruise Ship Failed a CDC Sanitation Inspection in 2026, While Three Barely Passed

CDC data show Norwegian Dawn scored 84 and failed inspection this year, while three other cruise ships passed with a minimum of 86.

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CDC Modeling Now Puts COVID Growth in All 50 States as Emergency Visits Stay Very Low Nationally

CDC modeling estimates that COVID infections are growing, or likely growing, in 50 states, while emergency department visits remain very low nationally.

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Trump Chosen White House Adviser Dr. Heidi Overton to Lead FDA Amid Outbreaks

Trump has chosen White House adviser Dr. Heidi Overton to lead the FDA, an agency down more than 3,000 staff amid open food outbreaks.

The Independent UK

The foods linked to the latest outbreaks of parasitic and bacterial illnesses in the US

Illnesses have forced massive recalls across dozens of states from coast to coast

Medical Daily

Congress Funded a $41.5 Million CDC Dementia Program That No Longer Has Any Staff Left to Run It

Congress appropriated $41.5 million for CDC Alzheimer's programs, but the agency staff who ran them were cut, leaving grantees without federal support.

The Independent UK

Maine struggling to get homeowners to test and treat private wells for arsenic

Maine officials are trying to get more residents who rely on private wells for water to test for arsenic

Medical Daily

Kindergarten Vaccine Exemptions Reach a Record 4.2 Percent as Coverage Slips for Every Shot the CDC Tracks

New CDC data show vaccine exemptions among US kindergartners hit 4.2 percent, and coverage fell for every routinely reported childhood vaccine.

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Florida woman goes swimming. Then she wakes up missing ‘a lot’ of her leg. Here’s her warning: ‘You can get it’

She says, "Don't shave" before you get in the water.

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