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Queensland Health has been notified of a diagnosed case of measles with possible contacts around Brisbane and elsewhere. The person was infectious while on Emirates flight EK 432 from Dubai (with a Singapore...

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The number of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS cases in South Korea has grown to 30 after The Korean Health & Human Welfare reported the confirmation of five additional cases (computer translated). In...

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Recent concerns over die-offs of black tailed prairie dog colonies on the Oglala National Grassland (ONG), located northwest of Crawford, Nebraska led land managers to test for Yersinia pestis the bacteria...

While a number of American universities and colleges have reported cases, and in some cases, outbreaks of meningococcal meningitis in 2015, the University of Kansas lost one of their own to a different and...

The meningococcal disease outbreak in the Africa Meningitis Belt country of Niger has peaked, according to officials at the World Health Organization. To date, 8,234 people have contracted the serious...

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Hong Kong health officials announced today they are investigating the first local case of dengue fever (DF) this year prompting encouragement for the public to maintain strict environmental hygiene, mosquito...

Although Pennsylvania recorded nearly 100 imported chikungunya virus cases in 2014 (96) and two cases so far this year, it has never been seen in York County–until now. According to a York Dispatch...

The number of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases in South Korea have jumped to 25 cases with each with hospital links to the initial case in the South Korean man who contracted...

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The Hemisphere Group, Inc. of Smithtown, NY, is recalling 14,000 lbs. of Vietnamese LP Cashews, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious...

Following reports of a mumps outbreak in two Guelph high schools, the first cases in five years, Grey Bruce health authorities are reporting the first known case of tetanus in an unvaccinated child. The...