Hawaii health officials are reporting an additional eight locally acquired dengue fever cases on Big Isle, bringing the island’s total to 130. Of the confirmed cases, 114 are Hawaii Island residents...

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After a relatively mild (for the Philippines) first half of the year in 2015 concerning dengue fever, the mosquito borne viral disease has exploded as the cumulative case tally from January through October...

In response to the current Zika virus outbreak in Brazil and the surge of microcephaly cases in the northeast, São Paulo health officials want to test all pregnant women in the state for Zika virus. According...

The Nunavut Department of Health issued a public health advisory Tuesday for residents of Clyde River as polar bear meat distributed in the community in early October may have Trichinella. They advise...

A Seattle-based Mediterranean restaurant was closed by county health officials Tuesday after several patrons developed symptoms consistent with norovirus. Officially, Main Street Gyros, located at 301...

Almost one third (30%) of all deaths from foodborne diseases are in children under the age of 5 years, despite the fact that they make up only 9% of the global population. This is among the findings of...

Since the outbreak of the systemic fungal infection, Blastomycosis, was first reported in early August linked to visits to the Little Wolf River in Waupaca County near New London, the number of confirmed...

JEM Raw Chocolate, LLC (JEM Raw) of Bend, Oregon announced a voluntary recall of its full line of all nut butter spreads within expiry because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an...

The Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) today put the dengue fever confirmed case tally at 122, an increase of 5 cases since yesterday. Since the beginning of this outbreak, HDOH has been in constant contact...