A treatment for a debilitating genetic disease that causes sudden sight loss is now available on the NHS in England. Evidence ...

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Update: The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services now says 21 people have been diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease and one person has died in Marshall County.HHS previously confirmed to KCCI ...

A deadly, little-known parasitic infection known as Chagas disease, once considered to only be a threat abroad, may be endemic in the United States, researchers argue in a new study. Chagas disease is ...

10:39 a.m. Sept. 2, 2025: A previous version of this story said there were 18 cases of Chagas disease in Los Angeles County between 2019 and 2023. The actual number is 180. It's one of the most ...

A little-known disease is spreading in the U.S., primarily in the state of California, health officials warn. In a new study published in the CDC journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers ...

Nine out of 10 people with chronic kidney disease only find out when it progresses to later stages. Here’s what we know about its risk factors—and why there's new reason to hope for more effective ...

California has the largest number of people in the U.S. infected with Chagas disease — between 70,000 and 100,000. Many people do not know they are ill until they have a heart attack or stroke. It’s ...

Authors of a new study have called for the parasitic infection, Chagas disease, to be classified as endemic—with human cases reported in eight states. The study featured in the September edition of ...

Three people in Maine have been infected with active tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest disease, according to health officials who raised alarms Friday. There was no connection between the three ...

A parasitic disease endemic to Latin America has now been confirmed in California, according to state health officials, and experts are worried it could come to the Bay Area soon. Chagas disease is ...

A potentially life-threatening tropical disease once thought to be imported is now being transmitted locally in parts of the U.S.—and Texas is at the center of its spread, according to new research ...