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The United States has broken its record for the highest number of measles cases in the country since the disease was eliminated in 2000.

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Visits to the Emergency Room for tick bites this summer are spiking well above those of previous years, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Data (CDC) shows.

The South's health disparities begin with its landscape and the region's agricultural history that compounded these health disadvantages.

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Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, ...

In a new genetic study, scientists have charted the rise of 214 human diseases across ancient Europe and Asia.