Dysentery Outbreak in Oregon Leaves at Least 40 Sickened — and Likely Many More, Experts Say
The surge in the extremely contagious bacterial illness in Portland is linked to the number of people experiencing ...
Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, died from hantavirus. What is it?
Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, died from hantavirus infection, officials in New Mexico announced Friday. Hantavirus, ...
Trump’s firing of federal CDC employees reverberates far and wide
Training program participants bolstered the workforce of state and local public health departments that for decades have been starved of resources.
HHS said to have asked CDC to study vaccines and autism, despite robust evidence showing no link
The US Department of Health and Human Services asked the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study vaccines and ...
Fired CDC workers asked to come back to work 2 weeks after federal layoffs
It is the latest federal agency trying to coax back workers soon after they were dismissed as part of Trump’s and Musk’s cost ...
Wastewater testing helped track COVID-19’s spread. Bird flu might prove harder to monitor
Enter wastewater surveillance — a tool public health officials used during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to monitor the ...
Oregon health Q&A: Which is the correct pneumonia vaccine?
Questions are answered by experts at the Oregon Health Authority, other state agencies or community partners. Questions and answers are republished by permission.
Dysentery is on the rise in Oregon. Here’s what to know.
Dysentery cases are on the rise in the Portland area. In January, health officials reported 40 cases of the highly contagious ...
COVID Map Shows Latest Case Rates Across US
Nationally, the test positivity rate for the week ending on February 8, was 4.8 percent, according to the CDC's most recent ...