Bluetongue disease is caused by a virus spread by flying insects called midges. It can kill sheep and cattle but the virus does not pose a threat to human health
Dr Saleyha Ahsan warned that the overall number of whooping cough deaths 'may well rise', with reported figures expected to increase by mid-May.
A new report from the CDC found that the Democratic Republic of the Congo is having its 'largest surge of mpox cases every recorded.' This includes 19,919 infections and 975 deaths.
Kansas City, Kansas, police investigating shooting after a woman was found dead late Tuesday night.
The risk of Lyme disease has been quietly growing in mid-Michigan for years now, but many people still don’t know when, or where to be on watch.
Update 9:31 p.m. Tornado warnings continue for Anderson, Brown, Clay, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson, Lyon, Marshall, Morris, Nemaha, Osage, Ottawa, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, Wabaunsee and Washington Counties until 11 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. Update 9:24 p.m. The National Weather Service has issued severe thunderstorm warnings for Coffey and Osage []
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Kan. — One man is dead after a motorcycle crash near Coffeyville, Saturday night. The Kansas Highway Patrol says it happened shortly before 8:00 p.m. A motorcycle, operated by Charles Morris, 50, of Coffeyville - was Eastbound on US 166, near County Road 5900 when he left the road and struck a culvert. []
Researchers around the world have searched for natural methods of repelling ticks, and they’ve found some success.
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — Spring in NEPA means the return of ticks. May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month and it's a good time for health officials to remind us that those tiny bugs can cause big problems. 28/22 News Reporter Emily Allegrucci spoke with an expert about the issue. The tick-borne disease expert Allegrucci spoke []
State officials reported the presence of deadly chronic wasting disease in two wild California deer earlier this week. This is the first time the disease, which has plagued other areas of the nation for years, has appeared in the state's deer or elk population. The positive samples came from a deer that died of unknown causes near Yosemite Lakes in Madera Counry, and another killed by a vehicle strike near Bishop in Inyo County. “The disparate locations of these two detections indicate that CWD...
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The National Post is reporting that Rex Murphy, the pro-oil pundit who was at once the steady stickhandler of a national call-in radio show and a driver of divisive online discourse, has died. The newspaper, where he worked as a columnist, said in an obituary on its website that Murphy died at age 77 following a battle with cancer. Former prime minister Stephen Harper expressed his condolences on social media. "Rex Murphy was one of the most intelligent and fiercely free-thinking...