A health alert is underway in Arizona after officials confirmed the state’s first hantavirus-related death of the year. The case has raised concern among public health experts who continue to track the rare but potentially deadly infection closely. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention monitors the virus and warns that even though infections remain…
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Dangerous measles outbreak reaches 300 in South Carolina
Health officials in South Carolina are raising alarms as a measles outbreak that began late last year continues to grow at an accelerated pace. In just a matter of days, nearly one hundred new infections were reported, pushing the total number of confirmed cases to more than three hundred statewide. The majority of those affected…