Once again, health officials fear there could be a severe flu season on top of a winter COVID-19 surge, only this time with a twist:

Hurricane Ian hit Florida as category 4 storm in late September, bringing torrential rains and a storm surge that left much of coastal and central Florida underwater. But while the immediate dangers involved drowning and injuries, an invisible threat would soon sicken some people who came in contact with the water: flesh-eating bacteria.

A teenager from Las Vegas died after being infected by a rare brain-eating amoeba, the Southern Nevada Health District said Wednesday.

Experts have said that the death of a teenager in the Las Vegas area from a rare brain-eating amoeba should prompt caution, not panic, among people at freshwater lakes, rivers and springs.

The death of a Las Vegas-area teenager from a rare brain-eating amoeba that investigators think he was exposed to in warm waters at Lake Mead should prompt caution, not panic, among people at freshwater lakes, rivers and springs, experts said Friday.

The death of a Las Vegas-area teenager from a rare brain-eating amoeba that investigators think he was exposed to in warm waters at Lake Mead should prompt caution, not panic, among people at freshwater lakes, rivers and springs, experts said Friday.

The United States has never implemented extremely strict COVID-19 public health measures compared to other countries, but nearly half of Americans struggled to abide by simple quarantine rules, according to a new survey.

Wake up with the sniffles and a scratchy throat, and the first thing you probably think is: Do I have Covid, or maybe it’s the flu?