The Latest Breaking News from CDC

Cases of the rare infectious disease have suddenly started to spread across the globe in recent weeks

Patient is presumed to be positive ahead of CDC confirmation, likely making them the second confirmed case on US soil this year

Tropical disease now detected in UK, US, Canada, Australia Spain and Portugal

The rare monkeypox virus, usually confined mostly to Central and West Africa, has spread in unusual ways this year and among populations that have not been vulnerable in the past.

WASHINGTON — A Louisiana judge has extended his temporary block of the Biden administration’s plan to lift pandemic-related border restrictions on Monday.

Federal judge’s ruling will extend ‘indefinite suffering’ of asylum seekers at US-Mexico border, rights groups say.

A federal judge in Louisiana has blocked the Biden administration from lifting the pandemic border restrictions known as Title 42, which were set to end on Monday.

Judge Robert Summerhays’ ruling blocks the Centers for Disease Control from reversing a Trump-era policy which allows border patrol agents to expel asylum seekers without considering their claims

Title 42 was set to lift on Monday but the order will keep it in place.

LOS ANGELES — An increase in the number of cases of monkeypox, a rare but potentially serious viral illness, in Europe and a single case in Massachusetts is attracting increased attention from health officials.

The coronavirus pandemic has yet to be firmly tucked into the history books even as a new health threat emerges: monkeypox, a rare infectious virus that has suddenly become more prevalent in Europe and is now being detected in North America. Should people be concerned that a new health crisis…