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Thursday, October 16, 2025

Tag: viruses

Everything to know about Diane Keaton’s cause of death — which hospitalized 1M Americans a year

Hollywood legend Diane Keaton passed away at 79 after a tough fight with pneumonia, her family announced Wednesday. The Oscar-winning actress’s health declined sharply in recent months, leading to her death on Saturday. Here’s what you need to know about pneumonia, the common yet serious illness that took her life.

New York health officials confirm state’s first locally acquired case of chikungunya virus

A resident of Long Island has been confirmed to have chikungunya virus—marking the first locally acquired case in the United States in six years. The New York Department of Health says the patient, located in Nassau County, began showing symptoms in August after traveling within the country but not abroad. Officials suspect an infected mosquito bite, though the exact source remains unknown.