Early Signs Point to a Harsh Flu Season in the U.S.

The United States may be headed for a rough flu season, with a virus that causes more severe symptoms than the one last year ...
The Times Leader

New York health officials confirm state’s first locally acquired case of chikungunya virus

MINEOLA, N.Y. — A person living in New York has tested positive for the chikungunya virus in what state health officials say is the first reported transmission of the mosquito-borne illness within the ...

Flu activity is low, but experts worry about a new strain and vaccination rates

An early analysis suggests current vaccines may still be somewhat effective against the new version of the flu, which has ...

Texas Measles Strain Continues to Spread, Officials Say

If the outbreaks cannot be extinguished soon, the United States will lose its “elimination status,” as determined by the ...
New York Post

Mosquito-borne chikungunya virus that triggered panic in China possibly detected in NY

State health officials are currently probing whether the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus that has triggered an aggressive COVID-esque response in China is now spreading in New York after a Long ...

How Canada Lost Decades of Progress in Fighting Measles

The disease was once considered eliminated in Canada, but not any more — there have been more than 5,000 cases in the last 12 ...
abc7NY

New York health department investigating possible case of chikungunya virus in Long Island woman

HEMPSTEAD, Long Island (WABC) -- The New York State Health Department is investigating a possible case of the rare mosquito-borne virus, chikungunya. Officials say a 60-year-old woman from Hempstead, ...