Focusing on pathogen reduction and treatments that restore beneficial bacteria in a patient's microbiome may be key in the fight against growing antibiotic resistance, a CDC report published May 22 found.

A recent study found microplastics in blood clots surgically removed from the heart, brain and deep veins in the lower legs.

CDC officials, along with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, have confirmed a second case of H5N1 infection in a farmer who regularly worked with livestock, according to a May 22 news release.

As of May 11, COVID-19 variant KP.2 has become the dominant strain in the U.S., accounting for more than 28% of cases nationwide, per CDC data. 

Responding to large-scale health emergencies with proper coordination is the impetus behind New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System's launch of its Center for Healthcare Readiness.

Physicians are speaking out against a proposed ban on public masking in North Carolina, introduced by the state's Republican-controlled legislature, NC Health News reported May 20. 

The CDC is warning of a possible mpox resurgence after a deadlier version of the infection has "ravaged" the Democratic Republic of Congo, The New York Times reported May 16.

HHS has plans to debar the infectious disease nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance from being awarded federal funds due to lack of "responsibility."

Sacramento public health officials have confirmed one pediatric measles case and about 200 potential exposures after a child visited the UC Davis Medical Center's emergency department in early May. 

The FDA is preparing to respond should bird flu begin circulating more widely among humans, though the threat the disease currently poses to humans remains low, the agency's commissioner Robert Califf, MD, told senators May 8. 

Three people have contracted Mycobacterium abscessus after receiving stem cell treatments in Mexico, according to a May 9 report issued by the CDC.

A little-known parasitic infection in the brain has come into the spotlight following presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr.'s admission that he once suffered from it, NBC News reported May 8.

A new COVID-19 variant now makes up 25% of cases in the nation, the CDC said.

 New research has found that nearly all people with two copies of the gene variant APOE4 develop biological markers of Alzheimer's disease, suggesting the gene may be its own, distinct form of the disease rather than only a risk factor. 

As it stands, federal health officials say the risk avian flu poses to public health is low. If that were to change, hospital leaders say they don't feel any more prepared in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and they fear they would face a repeat of challenges in securing adequate supplies to care for patients and protect the workforce. 

Americans living in rural counties are more likely to die of preventable causes than those living in urban areas, a new CDC study suggests. 

Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University documented the world's first known case of brain disease from fentanyl inhalation.

Strange symptoms in syphilis cases are appearing sooner and in higher incidence rates than normal, CNN reported April 26. 

There have been at least nine mpox cases reported in Cuyahoga County — which encompasses Cleveland and surrounding suburbs — since February, health officials said April 25. 

The CDC reported the first-known HIV cases transmitted via cosmetic injections after several middle-aged women were diagnosed with HIV following "vampire facials".