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US senators have launched an investigation of game creation platform Roblox on a broad charge of putting money before child safety. They accuse Roblox of being a venue for “sexually explicit (and often violent) virtual ‘experiences’ with children”, and have requested a range of documents and records, including details of the company’s collaborations with Sesame…

State health officials are investigating an outbreak of 15 measles cases among residents in southwestern Wisconsin, and it’s likely there will be at least a half dozen more.The surge of cases is up from two reported Tuesday

The Virginia Department of Health announced they are investigating a confirmed case of dengue virus that occurred in a resident in Northern Virginia

The Franklin County Health Department (FCHD) announced Wednesday that it is investigating several cases of Legionnaires’ disease in Franklin County

Michigan is experiencing its largest outbreak of a parasitic infection that causes severe diarrhea. Nearly 1,000 people have been diagnosed with cyclospora as of Wednesday, though no deaths have been reported

Wash. (KPTV) – Officials are investigating a confirmed case of measles in an unvaccinated Clark County child that was reported Wednesday

Taylor Farms continues to be the subject of a Food and Drug Administration investigation into the growing cyclosporiasis outbreak, despite a false positive test result, the agency said Monday

Loneliness and social isolation are important public health concerns due to their associations with a range of health outcomes. However, it is difficult to ascertain whether any effects are biased by confounding and reverse causation. We use a triangulation approach combining observational, sibling control, and Mendelian Randomisation analyses (a genetically informed analysis), to draw robust…

Cyclospora cayetanensis is a parasite that causes an intestinal infection called cyclosporiasis, or Cyclospora

On the Upper East Side, some residents on Monday were just learning that a cluster of Legionnaires’ disease, a severe form of bacterial pneumonia, had formed in the Manhattan neighborhood they call home