A record 384 New Jersey residents contracted a deadly fungal pathogen last year. The fungus, Candida auris, kills about a ...

In this week's edition of Local Motion, KVNF's weekly public affairs program, we talk to Leah Rawson and Shirley Tatto of ...

Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne ...

For years, scientists believed insects don’t feel pain the way humans and animals do. But new research suggests they may experience some form of discomfort or distress. Could this discovery change the ...

the risk of emerging insect-borne viruses; and a ballooning measles outbreak in the Southwest. Abroad, there are new strains ...

Oklahoma State Department of Health officials are considering measles when viewing patient symptoms after neighboring states, New Mexico and Texas, have seen sharp increases in infection rates.

Measles cases are on the rise in Texas, raising alarms among health officials as the highly contagious virus spreads across communities. Measles is an airborne, "extremely infectious, and ...

Texas’ largest outbreak of measles in 30 years has reached 90 cases, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Friday. Thirty-two cases have been added since the department’s update ...

The number of measles cases in Texas has grown to 90 with two more West Texas counties reporting infections, according to the state health department update on Friday. The West Texas measles ...

Some private schools have shut down because of a rapidly escalating measles outbreak in West Texas. Local health departments are overstretched, pausing other important work as they race to limit ...

By Isabella Kwai Outbreaks of measles in parts of Texas and New Mexico have sickened nearly 100 people, according to state health officials who warned that the number of cases was expected to rise.