The University of Oregon was notified that a student was diagnosed with Neisseria meningococcemia on Tuesday, February 3, 2015. Meningococcal disease is a serious bacterial illness that includes bloodstream...

Just about a week after Nashville Metro Health officials said there was “not a continuing threat of illness related to the recent outbreak” at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center,...

An outbreak of Shigellosis in a Central Missouri county has sickened more than two dozen people in the past two weeks, according to a local news report. The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public...

Health officials with the Illinois Department of Health and Cook County are investigating a cluster of measles at a Palatine day care center. The cluster includes five children under the age of one at...

A new study by researchers at Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan show that there is a high prevalence of  hepatitis E (HEV) antibodies in the household-raised pig population in rural...

The state of Johor, located on the southern portion of the Malaysian peninsula, has reported more than a 15% increase in dengue fever this January as compared to Jan. 2014. According to the National...

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The National Consumers League (NCL) is asking parents to look at the overwhelming evidence that vaccines are safe and effective and get their kids vaccinated. With increasing numbers of parents foregoing...

An outbreak of gastrointestinal illness presenting symptoms resembling norovirus has hit some 20  Greek students in two separate houses on the North Carolina State University campus, according to the...

The measles outbreak in California has reached 99, as of Wednesday, and the outbreak has prompted two state Senators to draft legislation to close the vaccine exemption loophole. Pediatrician and Sacramento...

Health officials in Auckland, New Zealand are reporting they were notified of a case of diphtheria on 2 February. The person with the disease has been isolated, and is being treated with antibiotics...