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- Tuberculosis outbreak linked to prominent high school, officials investigating - Tuberculosis outbreak hits a San Franscisco high school, with 3 active TB cases and over 50 latent infections. Health officials require testing for all students and staff.
- Meningitis cases rise in major Midwestern city, prompting public health alert - Chicago health officials issue urgent alert after seven meningococcal disease cases, including two deaths. Know the symptoms and warning signs.
- Colorado declares disaster emergency as presumptive bird flu outbreak hits facility with 1.3M chickens - Colorado officials declared a disaster emergency after a presumptive bird flu outbreak hit a facility with 1.3 million chickens in Weld County. The state is mobilizing resources.
- Dozens sickened as potentially deadly fungus spreads in southern state - A lung infection linked to bird and bat droppings has sickened dozens in Tennessee, prompting a state investigation into a possible fatal case.
- Measles outbreak reaches a major South Carolina college campus - Measles outbreak reaches Clemson University as South Carolina reports 558 confirmed cases. Student isolated as health officials conduct contact tracing.
- Researchers locked flu patients in a hotel with healthy adults — no one got sick - Groundbreaking flu transmission study reveals zero infections despite close contact between healthy volunteers and flu-positive students for two weeks.
- CDC reports first cruise norovirus outbreak this year, as nearly 90 people are infected - Nearly 90 passengers and crew fell ill with norovirus on Holland America's Rotterdam cruise ship during a Dec. 28-Jan. 9 voyage, according to CDC reports.
- Measles cases confirmed at four major US airports across country amid peak holiday travel - Health officials confirmed measles exposure at four major airports as the CDC reported over 2,000 cases nationwide this year, prompting urgent public advisories.
- Flu hospitalizations hit all-time weekly high in densely populated state, officials warn - New York reports record flu hospitalizations and cases, with a rise of nearly 1,000 in a single week. Health experts urge immediate vaccination as a new variant spreads.
- Deadly 'superbug' is spreading across US as drug resistance grows, researchers warn - Researchers discover possible weakness in deadly hospital superbug C. auris that could lead to new treatments for the drug-resistant fungal infection.
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