
The Guardian - 17 hours 3 min ago
Outbreak driven by falling vaccination and misinformation as federal public health cuts hamper state response The US has recorded more than 2,000 confirmed measles cases so far this year near the total of 2,228 recorded in all of 2025, and on track to become the worst year for measles in decades as states struggle with the loss of federal funding for public health . The virus continues to spread in unvaccinated and under-vaccinated communities, including among babies too young to be vaccinated,...

Newser - 22 hours 36 min ago
A little-known tick-borne illness has quietly logged another human case in California, and scientists say it behaves a lot like one of the deadliest tick diseases in the Americas. SFGate reports that the California Department of Public Health confirmed a new Rickettsia lanei infection this year only the third known...