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A Richmond animal society is warning cat owners of a viral disease affecting cats in Metro Vancouver

Florida health officials have confirmed a second death this year linked to Vibrio vulnificus, a rare bacterium sometimes referred to as a “flesh-eating” infection because of its ability to cause severe wound complications and bloodstream infections in certain patients. State records show the latest fatality occurred in Marion County, according to the Florida Department of…

Oregon agriculture officials have confirmed the presence of a fatal disease in a slaughtered sheep, marking the first confirmed case in the United States in more than five years

Here are some tips from Dr. Andrew Handel, pediatric infectious disease physician at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, on how people can prevent and treat tick bites

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot a Colombian man in Biddeford, Maine, this week had a long record of alleged violent behavior and serious mental health struggles, according to relatives and court documents

The National Transportation Safety Board released preliminary findings Wednesday confirming that a Tesla driver, not the vehicle’s software, caused a fatal crash in Katy, Texas in June. The driver, 44-year-old Michael Butler, had engaged Full Self-Driving Supervised mode on Rose Hollow Lane, a residential street with a 30 mph speed limit, before manually overriding the…

The New York City Health Department is investigating after 18 cases of Legionnaires’ Disease have been reported in Manhattan’s Upper East Side