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Why We’re Hearing More About Lyme Disease This Summer

By Alice Park

Inside the Deal to Expand Access to TB Drugs

By Anna Gordon

The First Local Malaria Transmissions in the U.S. Since 2003

By Anna Gordon

Malaria Spreads in U.S. for First Time in 20 Years

By Alex Millson / Bloomberg
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Over 1.3 Billion People to Have Diabetes by 2050, Researchers Say

The vast majority of patients will have type 2 diabetes—the form of the disease that’s often linked to being overweight—according to a new study.

By Matthew Griffin / Bloomberg

This Year Might Be the Worst Tick Season Ever

Longer summers, milder winters, and other factors are empowering the disease-carrying pests.

By Jeffrey Kluger

When Gut Bacteria May Be an Early Sign of Alzheimer's Disease

A study finds that certain types of microbes in the gut can be an early warning for Alzheimer’s.

By Alice Park

U.S. HIV Rates Are Declining

The CDC documents an encouraging drop in HIV among young people, but disparities in accessing treatments persist.

By Alice Park

Air Pollution May Be Increasing the Risk of Dementia

Exactly how airborne particulate matter can contribute to dementia isn’t known, but experts have some theories.

By Alice Park

Ticks Carry More Diseases Than Just Lyme

A tick bite can transmit more than 20 diseases.

By Jeffrey Kluger

Deadly Waterborne Bacteria Are Surging Due to Climate Change

Warming temperatures create ideal conditions for potentially fatal Vibrio vulnificus infections to spread.

By Alice Park

Deadly Marburg Virus Spreads to Tanzania for the First Time

Five of the eight people who contracted the highly virulent disease have died, the World Health Organization said.

By Janice Kew/Bloomberg

Deadly Fungal Infections Are Increasing

Candida auris infections reported by U.S. health care facilities rose by 95% in 2021.

By Haley Weiss

Sick With Something That Isn't COVID-19 or the Flu?

Here's what it might be.

By Jamie Ducharme

How Climate Change Affects the Spread of Lyme Disease

Geography plays a big part in whether a warming world helps or hurts the blacklegged tick.

By Jeffrey Kluger

More Younger Adults Are Getting Colon Cancer

Colon cancer is striking younger American adults with greater frequency, and more tumors are being detected in advanced stages.

By Tanaz Meghjani/Bloomberg

Bruce Willis Has Frontotemporal Dementia. Here's What It Is

The condition is a rare form of dementia.

By Alice Park

Bird Flu Isn’t a Danger to Humans...Yet

Outbreaks of avian flu are decimating poultry farms worldwide, but the virus would need some very specific mutations to pose a significant threat to humans.

By Haley Weiss

Severe Asthma Patients on Ways Their Doctors Could Improve Treatment

It's not 'just asthma.'

By Elizabeth Millard

What It’s Like to Live With Stiff Person Syndrome

“It feels like I’m walking on broken glass,” one patient said.

By Alice Park
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