NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) has been linked to a San Francisco high school. The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) issued a health advisory on Jan. 29 about the outbreak, which has been tied to Archbishop Riordan High School. TB is a curable bacterial infection…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Chicago health officials are warning residents to be alert for symptoms of meningococcal disease after several recent infections were reported in adults across the city. Seven cases of Neisseria meningitidis infections have been identified since mid-January, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health. Two people have…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Consumption of death cap mushrooms — often mistaken for safe, edible lookalikes — has been linked to a deadly outbreak in California. The mushrooms, officially called Amanita phalloides, contain toxins that can cause amatoxin poisoning, which can lead to severe illness or even death. In the California…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A potentially deadly fungus has been spreading throughout Tennessee, health officials have warned. Over 35 cases of histoplasmosis, a lung infection caused by exposure to the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum, have been confirmed in a three-month period in the Murray and Williamson County area, according to numbers presented…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The South Carolina measles outbreak has spread to Clemson University. The state’s Department of Public Health informed Clemson staff of a “confirmed case of measles” in an individual associated with the university, according to an update from the school published on Saturday. “The individual has isolated, per…