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Norovirus vaccine study: Results indicate the vaccine ‘may be available in the future’: Researchers

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Worldwide, noroviruses cause one in five cases of viral gastroenteritis and an estimated annual 300 million cases of norovirus infection contribute to roughly 260,000 deaths, mostly in low-income countries....

Guam reports pertussis outbreak, 11 cases reported to date

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Health authorities on the Pacific Island of Guam say the pertussis, or whooping cough outbreak has reached 11 cases to date. This comes after the Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS)...

Measles confirmed in Stillwater, 1st case in Oklahoma in 18 years

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The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is investigating a confirmed case of measles in Stillwater located in Payne County.  This is the first confirmed case in Oklahoma since 1997. Measles was...

Measles positive traveler spent time in several places in Florida

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The Florida Department of Health has confirmed measles in an adult international traveler who attended a conference in Kissimmee, Florida, at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center March 16-17,...

Non-pathogenic Neisseria can inhibit meningococcal disease bacteria: Study

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Nasal drops of harmless bacteria can inhibit a related bug that sometimes causes meningococcal disease, according to new findings published online in Clinical Infectious Diseases. The study—conducted...

H5N2 Avian Influenza confirmed in wild Canada goose in Laramie County, Wyoming

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The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza (HPAI) in a wild Canada goose...

Anthrax kills two heifers in South Dakota

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Anthrax has been confirmed as the cause of recent death loss in a Stanley county cattle herd. State Veterinarian Dr. Dustin Oedekoven says that two 11-month-old replacement heifers died suddenly last week....

‘The Ebola virus in the ongoing West African outbreak appears to be stable’: NIH’s Fauci

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The Ebola virus circulating in humans in West Africa is undergoing relatively few mutations, none of which suggest that it is becoming more severe or transmissible, according to a National Institutes of...

Ebola update: NIH patient, Ebola vaccine, Case counts

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In an update on the patient being treated for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD, officials say the patient has improved from critical to serious condition. Ring vaccination...

HIV outbreak: Public health emergency declared in Scott County; ‘This is an epidemic’

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In a follow-up to a earlier report on the HIV outbreak in Indiana, Governor Mike Pence today declared a public health emergency in Scott County due to an outbreak of HIV that has reached epidemic proportions....