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The CDC now is investigating nearly 100 cases of such illness among patients who had been vaping.

A three-bill package aimed at improving safety for high school athletes awaits action in the Assembly after unanimously passing the Senate.

Government health officials warned pregnant women Monday to avoid a Zika-stricken part of Miami and told couples who have been there recently to put off having children for at least two months, after the number of people feared infected through mosquito bites in the U.S. climbed to 14.

The World Health Organization says women who live in areas where Zika is spreading should consider delaying pregnancy, since there's no other sure way to avoid the virus' devastating birth defects.

A senior Senate Republican said Thursday that a bipartisan measure to partially fund President Barack Obama's $1.9 billion request to combat the Zika virus will soon get a vote.

Top health officials say the more they learn about Zika, the scarier the virus appears and they still need more money to fight the mosquitoes that spread it -- and for research into vaccines and treatments.

Federal money left over from the largely successful fight against Ebola will now go to combating the growing threat of the Zika virus, the Obama administration announced Wednesday.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Health officials say a federal laboratory technician who was possibly exposed to the Ebola virus did not get sick.

NEW YORK (AP) -- In the midst of a worrisome flu season, health officials are pushing doctors to prescribe antiviral medicines.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The flu is rampant in most of the country, and health officials say the season could peak soon.