MEDICINE & HEALTH

Texas Is Now a Front Line for Dengue Fever — And Mosquito Season Has Barely Begun

MEDICINE & HEALTH 06.03.2026 11:40 AM

Texas has spent decades being warned that the conditions for local dengue fever transmission were present and growing. In 2026, the "when" has become a persistent seasonal reality rather than a rare anomaly.

LA Fires Aftermath Still Unfolding — Scientists Find Damage and Health Impacts Far Worse Than Initial Reports

06.03.2026 11:35 AM

When the Palisades and Eaton fires ignited in January 2025, the initial public health focus was on evacuation, immediate air quality, and the traumatic displacement of hundreds of thousands of residents. Eighteen months later, a clearer picture of the long-term health consequences is emerging from laboratories, hospitals, and research institutions across Southern California.

Hepatitis A Has Now Spread Far Beyond Skid Row: Los Angeles County Declares a Communitywide Outbreak — And Wastewater Confirms It

06.03.2026 09:59 AM

Los Angeles County has officially declared a communitywide outbreak of hepatitis A — a highly contagious liver infection that is capable of causing lasting organ damage and, in severe cases, death.

Fleas, Rats, and a Record 220 Cases: Los Angeles County's Flea-Borne Typhus Epidemic Is Reaching Levels Never Seen Before

06.03.2026 09:54 AM

Los Angeles County has officially recorded the highest number of flea-borne typhus cases in its history.

Measles Detected in Chicago's Wastewater — And Cook County Has Already Named the Exposure Sites

06.03.2026 09:49 AM

Chicago is grappling with a measles threat that has moved beyond statistics on a federal dashboard and into local grocery stores, suburban retail shops, and the terminals of O'Hare International Airport. The Chicago Department of Public Health has confirmed that wild-type measles virus has been detected in the city's wastewater.

National Fentanyl Deaths Are Dropping, Phoenix and Arizona Are Moving in the Wrong Direction

06.03.2026 07:22 AM

For the first time in years, the United States is recording genuine progress in the war against fentanyl. Provisional CDC data released in May 2026 shows approximately 69,973 drug overdose deaths for the 12 months ending December 2025.

New York City's Largest Hospital System Announces AI Is Ready for Radiology Jobs, but Scientists Urge Caution

06.03.2026 07:19 AM

In a declaration that sent shockwaves through the medical profession, Mitchell Katz, president and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, announced at a Crain's New York Business panel on April 4, 2026, that his organization is prepared to begin replacing human radiologists with artificial intelligence systems for X-ray diagnosis.

New Study Finds Los Angeles Wildfire Smoke Linked to Heart Attacks and Lung Damage

06.02.2026 12:01 PM

Los Angeles has once again been blanketed in hazardous wildfire smoke, with the South Coast Air Quality Management District issuing a broad smoke advisory on May 19, 2026, covering Los Angeles, Ventura, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties.

H5N1 Bird Flu Lurked in Houston Wastewater — And Nobody Told the Public

06.02.2026 11:53 AM

A landmark scientific discovery that flew largely under the public radar has resurfaced as one of the most consequential early-warning moments in recent pandemic preparedness history: researchers at UTHealth Houston and Baylor College of Medicine detected the H5N1 avian influenza virus in the wastewater of ten Texas cities simultaneously.

Seven Papers from One Issue, All Retracted. What the Peer Review Shortage Means for Medical Research

06.02.2026 04:31 AM

Nephrologist and journal reviewer Mariia Dolinna, MD, PhD, on why the people who evaluate manuscripts matter as much as those who write them

Dengue Resurgence Intensifies Across Florida and Gulf Coast as Cases Rise Into 2026

06.01.2026 13:16 PM

Public-health surveillance data entering June 2026 indicate that dengue fever remains an expanding concern across parts of the southern United States, particularly in Florida and Gulf Coast states.

Measles Transmission Persists Across Texas Into Summer 2026 Amid Ongoing Outbreaks

06.01.2026 13:08 PM

Texas remains one of the key states driving the national measles resurgence as infections continue to circulate into late May 2026.

What Is the Science & Psychology Behind Ketamine Addiction, Detoxing, & Recovery?

06.01.2026 05:46 AM

So, when a person experiences ketamine addiction, then goes through the detoxing process before moving into the recovery phase, what's happening from a scientific and psychological perspective? Here's a primer on the points of interest and how they play out in a typical case.

Houston Confronts a Grim Season Opener: Texas Confirms First West Nile Neuroinvasive Case of 2026 — and Mosquito Country Is Just Warming Up

05.30.2026 07:57 AM

Harris County has recorded Texas' first confirmed human case of West Nile virus for 2026, and the classification of that case as the disease's most dangerous and neurologically devastating form is raising alarm bells among public health officials well before the peak of mosquito season has even arrived.

Ebola at America's Front Door: Federal Screeners Now Stationed at O'Hare, JFK, and LAX Amid Deadly Central African Outbreak

05.30.2026 07:44 AM

For the first time in more than a decade, federal health officials have deployed Ebola screening teams at major American airports as a deadly outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola ravages the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan.

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