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Long Beach declares public health emergency for tuberculosis outbreak

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Rachel Carter

Long Beach reports tuberculosis outbreak Long Beach health officials are sounding the alarm after a tuberculosis outbreak at a local hotel. Fox ...

What to know about spread, symptoms

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Rachel Carter

CDC director Mandy Cohen on COVID response Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talks about their role ...

Rural Americans more likely to die early from preventable causes

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Rachel Carter

Challenges Americans deal with when it comes to health care A new poll from KFF finds that health care is the expense ...

One woman’s journey with deep brain stimulation

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Rachel Carter

Neurological conditions lead cause of ill health worldwide Research, as part of the Global Burden of Disease, found that migraines, strokes, dementia ...

New Mexico spa’s ‘vampire facials’ likely gave 3 women HIV: CDC

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Rachel Carter

The VIP Beauty Salon and Spa was shut down in 2018, but health officials have continued to investigate former clients’ exposure to ...

Hunters didn’t get ‘zombie deer disease’ from venison, CDC says

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Rachel Carter

While some past studies have suggested chronic wasting disease (CWD), or “zombie deer disease,” may “pose a risk to people,” the CDC ...

How to lower blood sugar and prevent blood sugar crashes

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Rachel Carter

This is why you should be eating more yogurt A new study has found that eating yogurt can help prevent health issues ...

CWD findings in Waushara and Indiana show continued spread of disease

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Rachel Carter

Chronic wasting disease findings in deer in Waushara County and Indiana highlight the continued spread of the fatal deer disease, now documented ...

Canadian farmers take precautions as bird flu outbreaks hit U.S. dairy cattle

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Sarah Wilson

The Dose19:04What’s going on with H5N1 bird flu? H5N1 is in the news again, and this time it has spread to cattle ...

Two Hunters Died of Rare Prion Disease. Doctors Suspect a First-of-Its Kind Deer Transmission

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Rachel Carter

A new study might point to the first signs of a frightening public health scenario: Researchers found two recent cases of prion ...