Lyme disease isn’t the only tick-borne disease those of us in the Northeast and Midwest should worry about this summer. A recent report from the CDC found a significant increase in the Northeast of cases of babesiosis (ba-BEE-see-OH-sis), a disease caused by parasites transmitted by the blacklegged tick.
Hard-won achievements against the COVID pandemic and mpox outbreak may help public health officials combat inequities going forward, write Margo Snipe and Kenya Hunter at Capital B.
On Sunday, April 2, 2023, at 8:51 a.m., deputies from San Jacinto received a report of a woman stabbed inside her residence located in the 500 block of Peregrine Lane.
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that eligible American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans are no longer required to make copayments for health care and urgent care received through VA.