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Texas is seeing an explosion of cases of typhus, a disease that – if untreated – can be fatal. Typhus was almost eradicated from the United States, but now it's making a comeback.

Texas is seeing an explosion of cases of typhus, a disease that – if untreated – can be fatal. Typhus was almost eradicated from the United States, but now it's making a comeback.

As extreme heat grips the nation, doctors and researchers hoping to understand the heat's real-time risks are tuning into a relatively new tool from CDC: the Heat & Health tracker.

A researcher is documenting all the bird species at Acadia National Park, creating a baseline for changing populations.

The global cholera vaccine stockpile is empty at a time when there are outbreaks around the world. Last year, the WHO recommended the vaccine dose be cut in half to stretch the supply.

In Brazil, year-round epidemics of what is known as “breakbone fever” are becoming the norm, weighing heavily on healthcare systems and pushing leaders to look for new solutions to combat the disease.

A class-action lawsuit has been filed after part of a decades-old sewer line in Maryland collapsed in January, sending raw sewage into the Potomac River. After weather delays, repair work has resumed.

For more than 15 years, botanist Naomi Fraga has been trying to collect seeds from the rare Death Valley sage, for safekeeping in a vault of native California seeds.

This week on The Local Food Report, Elspeth learns about building drought-resistant raised beds.

After last year's deadly heat wave, Oregon lawmakers are debating new measures to keep people safe. They include funding and legal rights for air conditioning.