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FILE: A canyon bat caught and released during a survey in Moapa, Nev., May 5, 2026. RatioTile via Wikimedia Officials in multiple California counties are warning residents of an increase in rabid a�...
The common Culex mosquito as seen in November 2024. Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto/Getty Images Cases of the mosquito-borne West Nile disease are rising quickly in California this year, with 30 people si�...
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (green) infected with the omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (orange), isolated from a patient sample. BSIP/Universal Images Group/Getty Im�...
FILE: A resting adult female Aedes aegypti mosquito, also known as the yellow fever mosquito. Smith Collection/Gado via Getty Images An invasive insect dubbed the yellow fever mosquito has been dis�...
Trucks kick up dust while driving between farms on Aug. 22, 2014, near Firebaugh, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images With Valley fever cases climbing in California, physicians have struggled to tr�...
A highly contagious diarrheal illness is on the rise in parts of the Bay Area, with multiple cities recording increasing levels of the virus in wastewater in recent weeks. Rotavirus, a gastrointesti�...
A microscopic view of Rotavirus. BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty A highly contagious diarrheal illness is on the rise in parts of the Bay Area, with multiple cities recording increasing level�...
A view of the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center in San Quentin, Calif., on Oct. 21, 2025. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images Officials at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center confirmed they are invest...
Seven people were diagnosed with active tuberculosis during an outbreak that started in November 2025 at Archbishop Riordan High School in San Francisco. Google Street View New data shows 18%, or...
An anteroposterior chest X-ray of a patient diagnosed with advanced bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis. StatPearls Publishing LLC California is seeing substantially higher rates of tuberculosis compa...