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New York declares first US measles disaster emergency since 2025 surge

The state expanded the pool of health professionals allowed to administer measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccines as cases rise in rural communities.

Measles infection (illustrative)
A close-up view of a large pile of green jalapeño peppers

What do we know about the multistate salmonella outbreak in the US? - explainer

Erica Schwartz attends her confirmation hearing to become director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Capitol Hill July 15, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Dr. Erica Schwartz confirmed as new CDC director by US Senate

Lettuce is displayed for sale, amid reports of slumping consumer confidence in lettuce and other fresh produce during the current cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands across the US, at a grocery store in Washington, DC, US, July 24, 2026.

CDC expands largest known cyclosporiasis outbreak to 15 states - report


You can't catch COVID in a pool, new research finds

The research suggests that chlorinated swimming pools can neutralize virus particles in as fast as 30 seconds, at least under lab conditions.

PLANT YOURSELF around the inviting water of the pool.

US movie theaters remove mask mandate for vaccinated people

The changes for movie theaters come two weeks after the CDC said that fully vaccinated people need not wear masks in any setting

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US CDC: Travel 'low risk' for vaccinated people; not recommending trips

Air travel still remains down 43% from pre-COVID levels and business and international travel remain even harder hit.

ISRAIR FLIGHT attendants wear full protective gear as they help a passenger disembark in Belgrade earlier this month.

Fully vaccinated people in US can gather without masks indoors

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told reporters it was important to protect those who have not been vaccinated and remain vulnerable while some 60,000 new coronavirus cases occur every day.

Gazing out at the altered skyline from a perch in Brooklyn, August 14

Teachers may play role in in-school COVID-19 transmission - US CDC

Transmission from teachers resulted in about half of 31 school-related cases, according to the investigation.

An illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), depicts the 2019 Novel Coronavirus

50% of mild, moderate COVID patients still have symptoms after 6 months - study

Participants were interviewed up to four times over the course of the study.

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Life expectancy in US falls by one year amid coronavirus, most since WWII

The numbers represent the largest drop in life expectancy for Americans since World War II, when life expectancy fell 2.9 years between 1942 and 1943.

American flags sit on graves during Memorial Day following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Staten Island borough of New York US, May 25, 2020

US CDC recommends schools reopen with masks and rigid health protocols

"We believe with the strategies we have put forward that there will be limited to no transmission in schools if followed," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told reporters.

A slogan is seen on a car in "a motor march” protest of teachers who took it to their vehicles to demand a delay in in-person learning in the fall, due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., July 15, 2020. Picture taken July 15, 2020.

Face masks not 100% effective at preventing spread of COVID-19 - CDC

It is impossible to evaluate exactly where someone contracted the virus.

A protective face mask is seen as curbs to fight the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been reimposed after a rise in new cases, at Zikim beach in southern Israel July 21, 2020. Picture taken July 21, 2020.

COVID-19: 0.54% of hospital staff caught virus 1-10 days after vaccination

Study calls on medical personnel not to dismiss post-vaccination symptoms

A HEALTHCARE worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Rehovot on Monday.