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New guidelines could help millions more Americans get colon cancer testing
(STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- New guidelines from the American Cancer Society are expanding colon cancer scree...
May 27, 2026

Ebola outbreak in DRC, Uganda 'will get worse before it gets better': WHO chief
Martial Trezzini/epa/shutterstoc/MARTIAL TREZZINI/EPA/Shutterstoc(GENEVA, Switzerland) -- The head of the World Health O...
May 25, 2026

Ebola outbreak in DRC is 'spreading rapidly' with almost 750 suspected cases: WHO chief
A medical staff member disinfects a quarantine room in an Ebola treatment center in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Re...
May 22, 2026

Health officials warn patients of potential HIV, hepatitis exposure at Philadelphia dental office
Stock image of dental chair. (Zhenjin Li/Getty Images)(PHILADELPHIA) -- Health officials in Philadelphia are recommendin...
May 22, 2026

Texas reports state's 1st human case of West Nile virus this year
Female Aedes mosquitoes, including the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) and the yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegy...
May 19, 2026

As Ebola outbreak spreads in DRC and Uganda, what is risk to US?
Health supplies are seen as healthcare workers receive training on administering the Ebola vaccine in a study carried ou...
May 19, 2026

'We're working on it': HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Ebola, hantavirus response
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), during a healthcare affordability event in the S...
May 19, 2026

Colorado public health officials investigating hantavirus death not linked to cruise ship cluster
In this photo illustration, a laboratory test tubes containing blood to be analyzed for the Hantavirus "Orthohantav...
May 18, 2026

Hantavirus doesn't linger, requires close contact: Officials
Medical staff direct some of the last passengers to be evacuated from the MV Hondius on May 11, 2026, in Tenerife, part ...
May 15, 2026

At least 65 dead after Ebola outbreak confirmed in Democratic Republic of the Congo, officials say
Healthcare workers walk outside the Ebola treatment centre in Beni, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. (2019). (P...
May 15, 2026

Dr. Marty Makary intends to resign as FDA commissioner: Sources
Marty Makary attends an executive order signing in the Oval Office on April 18, 2026.(Allison Robbert/For The Washington...
May 12, 2026

'This is not the start of a COVID pandemic,' WHO says of suspected hantavirus cluster on cruise ship
A view of the Dutch-flagged vessel MV Hondius is seen navigating the Atlantic Ocean near Saint Helena Island on April 24...
May 07, 2026
