Ellensburg
A Costco storefront. Costco is collaborating with a California-based nonprofit insurer called SCAN to offer a Medicare Advantage plan that inc…
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Quebec is undertaking an animal vaccination program to control the spread of rabies among raccoons because there’s been a significant increase in the number of infected raccoons in the Montérégie and Estrie regions and raccoon rabies has infected a stray (feral) cat in that region.
Wisconsin
A report earlier this week of a couple of measles cases in Southwest Wisconsin has turned into an outbreak, with 13 more confirmed cases and six probable cases of the viral illness, the state health department reported Thursday. The outbreak, in Iowa and Lafayette counties, highlights the importance of getting vaccinated for measles, considered the […]
Missouri
Roberto Archuleta was 21 years old in 1991 when he found out he was HIV-positive. At the time, the only medications available to treat the virus were difficult to tolerate and often ineffective. Being diagnosed was commonly a death sentence — something Archuleta, then a hairstylist in Kansas City, witnessed too often. An old snapshot […]
States Newsroom
North Dakota has confirmed its first human case of West Nile virus this year, with health officials advising people to protect themselves from mosquitoes. The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services says a Cass County resident was hospitalized after contracting the mosquito-borne virus. Five North Dakota counties have reported mosquito pools positive for […]
Virginia
(The Center Square) – Virginia health officials are monitoring for additional dengue cases after confirming the first documented infection acquired within the state.
Virginia
• “Virginia girds for data center-focused House races.” — E&E News by Politico • “VDH investigating dengue virus in Northern Virginia, first-ever documented case of virus being acquired locally.” — WSLS • “Gov. Spanberger opens applications for new Virginia corrections advisory council.” — WCYB • “Petersburg area residents fight back against data centers.” — The […]
Arizona
(The Center Square) - Arizona leads the country in the number of West Nile virus cases.
