With three National Hockey League teams and nine players affected over the outbreak of the childhood viral disease, mumps, NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said the following in a statement recently,...

In the U.S. and around the globe, skin and soft tissue infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) continue to endanger the health and lives of patients and otherwise healthy...

On the Sunday, Dec.7 airing of the Outbreak News This Week radio show, the main topics covered included meningitis and the work of the Meningitis Foundation of America, a new study concerning the reduction...

The Taiwan CDC reported 30 indigenous cases of hepatitis A for the two month period of Oct. through Nov. 2014, in which more than 80 percent of the patients required hospitalization for their illness. According...

PRESS RELEASE Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd. announced  Friday that its broad-spectrum antibiotic, Zevtera® (ceftobiprole medocaril) has been launched in Germany. The European Centre for Disease Prevention...

Biopharmaceutical company, Cellceutix Corporation announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) designation for Brilacidin as...

Health officials with the Penn State University are reporting a slight increase in cases of viral meningitis on the University Park campus, according to a Penn State News report Friday. Penn State’s...

Thai health officials are reporting a significant increase of cases of chickenpox in the country this year prompting stepped up surveillance for the viral disease. The National News Bureau of Thailand...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is continuing its investigation into an outbreak of avian influenza on previously identified farms in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley. These sites continue...

The number of locally acquired chikungunya cases in Mexico have climbed to 74 in epidemiological week 49 ending Dec 5. The North American country, south of the border, saw its first autochthonous case...