California health officials Tuesday warned the public that the consumption of unpasteurized (raw) dairy products may cause serious illness after six Northern California residents have recently been diagnosed...

The number of states reporting travel-associated chikungunya cases in the United States has increased by five during the past two weeks, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control...

Premium Swiss chocolatier Lindt & Sprüngli is voluntarily recalling one product lot of its 6.4 oz Chocolate Covered Raisin Bags and 6.4 oz Chocolate Covered Almond Bags sold in nine Lindt Chocolate...

Facing a rapidly growing HIV outbreak in Scott County and other areas of southeastern Indiana, the Governor’s office said that Gov. Mike Pence will be declaring a public health disaster emergency...

U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today to introduce the National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act, legislation that...

Just a couple of days after the Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) has announced the third human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) in a 34-year-old Yunnan province man, another...

The Kansas Department of Agriculture was notified Tuesday that samples collected from a commercial poultry flock in Crawford County tested positive for low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI). The flock...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved Anthrasil, Anthrax Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human), to treat patients with inhalational anthrax in combination with appropriate antibacterial...

Malaysia health officials noted that as of last weekend, the death toll in the country due to dengue fever has drawn ever closer to the 100 mark with the health ministry reporting 98 dengue-related deaths...

As of March 23, Toronto Public Health declared the measles outbreak over in Toronto. There were 10 lab-confirmed cases of measles in the city during the outbreak. Ensure you are protected against measles...