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Health alert issued in Texas as cases of infections from bacteria rise

The Surfrider Foundation released its list of the top most bacteria-polluted beaches in America during 2023.

GALVESTON, Texas – Galveston County Health District officials have issued a health alert due to an uptick in cases of Vibrio bacteria from Galveston Beach in southeast Texas ^[2].

Vibrio bacteria are bacteria that are often found in marine environments,

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Tourists flocking to a beloved national park are starting the summer off by breaking the rules over wildlife interactions. Several stories of attempts to take selfies with bison, picking up a bison calf and moving it, and the latest, driving an elk calf to a police station, have gone viral, prompting Yellowstone to issue a statement asking the public to act responsibly. FOX Weather's Robert Ray is at the park with a look at what's to be done to protect both man and beast.

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The National Park Service will waive entrance fees to its more than 400 NPS sites Sunday.

Here are a few examples of park units that usually have an admission fee, but will be free to visit for the day:

The landscape of Arches National Park in Moab, Utah, is seen in April 2024.

The free admission event is a way to

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The staff at True Rescue animal shelter in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, said the genetic mutation is extremely rare and completely harmless. They brought in the cat and its three siblings from a car lot in Nashville on Tuesday.

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MOUNT JULIET, Tenn.– Check out this adorable Tennessee ^[2] kitten with not two, but four ears.

This little ear-resistible feline ^[3], named Audio due to his built-in surround-sound speakers, is estimated to be nearly 9 weeks old and weighs just over 2

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The Grand Canyon has been ranked the deadliest national park. It has the most missing person reports, deaths and even suicides from 2018 through the first two months of this year. FOX Weather's Max Gorden reports.

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz.– The body of a college student who is believed to have fallen about 400 feet from a mountain rim on Wednesday at the site of the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona^[1] has been found, officials said Thursday.

According to

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Three-year-old black lab Mocha nearly died from a blastomycosis infection after likely inhaling a fungus from the soil around his home.

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – More than 20,000 attendees at a California ^[2] music festival might have been exposed to a dangerous fungal illness ^[3] that's rapidly spreading across the country.

The California Department of Public Health ^[4] (CDPH) is investigating

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Dr. Andrew Handel explains why the tick season tends to spike in warmer weather.

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MANHATTAN, Kan.– Barbecue is a staple in most Midwestern ^[2] diets.When paired with a side of potato salad, it becomes a mouth-watering meal.However, for one Kansas ^[3] man, it nearly cost him his life, all thanks to a tick bite.

"I knew

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Three grad students at the University of Oklahoma were asked by the "Twisters" crew if they could use their notes from their college dynamics classes as props in the movie and they were excited to participate.

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MOORE, Okla.— The filmmakers behind the movie "Twisters" wanted the meteorology to be as authentic as possible – right down to using actual college class notes as props.

The film features storm chasers studying tornadoes in Oklahoma ^[2].To the

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Health alert issued in Texas as cases of infections from bacteria rise

Here’s how you can visit all national parks for free this weekend

Meet Audio, a Tennessee kitten with 4 ears

Rangers recover body of college student after fall at Grand Canyon National Park

California music festival attendees hospitalized with Valley fever

Tick bite to blame after man suffers near-fatal allergic reaction to red meat

How 3 Oklahoma meteorology students got their class scribbles a role in 'Twisters'

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