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The individual who tested positive for measles in Massachusetts, a student from Western Europe, not only traveled around Massachusetts and areas of Maine possibly exposing the public to the contagious...

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Raplixa (fibrin sealant [human]), the first spray-dried fibrin sealant approved by the agency. It is used to help control bleeding during surgery. Raplixa...

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Washington state health officials have reported the 2014 numbers for the sexually transmitted infection, gonorrhea, and are seeing a 40% increase in cases compared to 2013. There were 6,136 cases in 2014,...

Durban, South Africa has not seen a case of the serious vaccine-preventable disease, diphtheria in more than 20 years. The last laboratory-confirmed case of respiratory diphtheria in South Africa occurred...

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The Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was notified Tuesday by Massachusetts public health authorities that a student in Massachusetts who tested positive for measles visited the Kittery...

Officials with the Central Michigan District Health Department announced a case of the gastrointestinal illness, Shigellosis, in a student at G.T. Norman Elementary School in Reed City, MI. Shigellosis...

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For the second time in a week, Spokane health officials have confirmed a measles case in an unvaccinated adult resident of Spokane County. These are the first cases in Spokane since 1994. This individual...

Thousands of people in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania have been diagnosed with the blood fluke, schistosomiasis, or other parasitic worm diseases, according to local media reports. Officials in the...

The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck 48 miles (77 km) northwest of Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu on April 25 has resulted in a current death toll of slightly over 5,000 people, according to the World...

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The Americas region has become the first in the world to be declared free of endemic transmission of rubella, a contagious viral disease that can cause multiple birth defects as well as fetal death when...