The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging traveling Americans to be on high alert for a deadly mosquito-borne virus after reporting an outbreak of chikungunya in Cuba this week.

The Herpes simplex virus is a widespread virus that often causes cold sores, and most people carry it. By removing a virulence gene, i.e. a gene that makes the virus harmful to humans, the herpes ...

A Bucks County judge is expected to decide next month if the sheriff can implement a controversial program that grants county deputies the power to act as federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...

The ACLU and other groups have sued to block Bucks County's 287g program, arguing that it gives local law enforcement overly broad federal authority. The sheriff testified that deputies would only ...

Lancaster County has reported two new West Nile virus cases a week for the last three weeks, bringing the county’s human case tally to 11 this year. While the exact dates of infection are not ...

Incumbent Bucks County Sheriff Fred Harran (left), a Republican, is running for reelection in the 2025 general election. Danny Ceisler s the Democratic nominee for Bucks County sheriff in the 2025 ...

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 ...

Two more West Nile Virus cases have been confirmed in Massachusetts, bringing the total number of human cases for the year up to eight. The Massachsetts Department of Health confirmed a woman in her ...

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The state Department of Public Health has elevated the West Nile virus risk level to high in Worcester and 14 other communities following the recent diagnoses of two human cases, both following likely ...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio mother is urging parents to stay vigilant after her 5-year-old daughter contracted La Crosse virus, a rare but potentially serious illness spread by infected mosquitoes.