The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

As health officials brace for a potential uptick in COVID cases this fall, we asked the experts to answer your COVID FAQs.

The U.S. FDA recently approved FluMist as a self or caregiver-administered nasal spray flu vaccine to prevent Influenza ...

Antibodies provided by mpox vaccination all but disappear within six to 12 months, new research finds, underscoring the need ...

The Allegheny County Health Department announced Monday that it has received a supply of the 2024-2025 formula COVID-19 ...

Infections caused by the latest variant have symptoms including fever, chills, fatigue, cough, congestion and headache.

Although mosquitos might not be flying around right now, West Nile virus peaks at the end of the summer and early fall.

The Allegheny County Health Department on Monday announced a new respiratory virus dashboard where people can find data on ...

The East African country continues to investigate the source of the outbreak, first traced among patients in health ...

Over the summer, cases of EEE spread across New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and other New England states, each also breaking ...

San Diego County health officials Sunday reported their first case of locally acquired dengue virus, contracted by an ...

The risk of catching Marburg virus is described as “extremely low” by the NHS. Symptoms can typically take three to 10 days ...