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A city in Texas issued a disaster declaration Saturday after a brain-eating amoeba was found in water supplies, weeks after a 6-year-old boy died after contracting the microbe.

The outbreak was traced to black fungus mushrooms, also called wood ear mushrooms.

Five unapproved drugs were found in over-the-counter supplements advertising better cognitive function, said a recent study.

Breaking from federally recommended guidelines, North Dakota will no longer require close contacts of known coronavirus cases to self-quarantine for 14 days. 

Dr. Scott Atlas, White House adviser, on Wednesday refuted comments from the CDC director over nationwide coronavirus susceptibility, arguing that 90% of Americans still vulnerable to infection was a misstatement.

With fall officially here and the holidays quickly approaching, a federal health agency has issued a warning over Thanksgiving gatherings amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. 

Parents in Wisconsin are knowingly sending their kids to school while infected with COVID-19 or experiencing symptoms, health officials said.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday released a warning over serious health issues, and even death, tied to higher-than-recommended doses of over-the-counter antihistamine drug diphenhydramine (Benadryl).

One family is pushing for answers after new testing verified their son was not infected with coronavirus when he died, as originally reported by state officials, one outlet wrote.

This fall and coming winter, protecting yourself against the novel coronavirus in addition to the flu are imperative as the pandemic rages on. 

Over the summer, the U.S. saw a shift in the age bracket most impacted by COVID-19.

While New Jersey was hit hard in the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the state is now well-positioned for the colder months ahead given its low baseline of community spread, per comments from Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

They say too much of a good thing can be harmful, as was the case for one Massachusetts man whose love of black licorice ultimately cost him his life.

Since the onset of the pandemic, nearly 50 serology tests have been granted emergency use authorization.

How can I tell the difference between the flu and COVID-19?

A salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry that has affected people in nearly every state across the country has sickened hundreds more since a federal agency last provided an update on the outbreak in July. 

The authors said as many as four in five coronavirus patients may develop symptoms.

Contact tracing, when effective, may help interrupt the chain of coronavirus transmission. However noncooperation from infected individuals and failure to reach close contacts feeds into ongoing transmission.

The U.S., which has a population of around 330 million, has nearly 7 million cases of COVID-19.

German airline Lufthansa announced this week that it would start offering rapid coronavirus testing for passengers in October.