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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rat-urine-spreading leptospirosis jumps in NYC as people get sick

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Rachel Carter

NYC is looking to hire a ‘rat czar’ as city wages war on rodent population New York City is looking to hire ...

Eclipse watchers at Children’s Museum may have been exposed to measles

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Rachel Carter

How the anti-vax movement brought the measles back from near extinction Outbreaks across the U.S. have forced officials to declare emergencies. Why ...

Major outlets call on Donald Trump, Joe Biden to commit to debates

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Amanda Smith

Trump called ‘Donald Duck’ by Chris Christie during second GOP debate Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called Donald Trump “Donald Duck” ...

PFAS forever chemicals topped new EPA limits. Is yours on our map?

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Amanda Smith

EPA takes on ‘forever chemicals’ in U.S. water The Environmental Protection Agency has established new regulations on “forever chemicals” such as PFOA ...