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The CDC is reporting a 5 times increase in cases of the whooping cough right now.

This warning from an Illinois county is all the more urgent considering the season we are in. It involves apple cider and a variation that can kill in some cases.

You fortunately do not see this very often, but the West Nile virus has struck Missouri hard leaving one St. Louis area teen paralyzed and on a ventilator.

There's a trouble jump in cases of multidrug-resistant infections in Missouri and health officials are sounding the alarms.

It might just be the most urgent health issue in America right now and it's especially becoming a big problem for Illinois. The CDC is warning about an explosion of cases of dengue fever and Illinois is among the states with the most incidents.

This is one of those warnings from the Missouri Department of Health that you hope is precautionary and not an indication of something that will become a widespread issue in the state. A new bulletin has been issued about a deadly mosquito-borne virus of which there is no cure.

Being the skeptical person that I am, my first response to this report was that people were trying to get another day off of work. But, there appears to be some type of real 'sickness' that many in Missouri are now complaining about after witnessing the historic sky event.

The bird flu is back and it's spreading including one case where a human has been sickened after contact with cattle. I have also confirmed that bird flu has been confirmed in Missouri in 2024 affecting flock sizes of over 90,000.

Illinois hasn't seen this many cases of a highly-infectious disease in recent memory and the state is mystified why 2024 has suddenly seen spikes yet again of what can be for many a very serious problem.

There is an urgent alert about a rise of antibiotic-resistant infections in Missouri that can affect a victim's blood, urinary tract and lungs. The concern is that while cases are on the rise, there are few treatments that have proven effective.