Global vaccine experts and officials from all 26 African “meningitis belt” countries have convened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to celebrate one of Africa’s biggest public health achievements—the introduction...

More than a hundred new cases of cholera, including two deaths, were recorded in the health area of ​​Uvira (South Kivu) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since January, according to a Radio...

A ring that continuously releases an experimental antiretroviral drug in the vagina safely provided a modest level of protection against HIV infection in women, a large clinical trial in four sub-Saharan...

Parents who do not get their children flu shots rate flu vaccine less favorably than other childhood vaccines, a national poll finds. Fifty-nine percent of parents whose child did not receive the flu vaccine...

Florida health officials reported an additional two new Zika cases in Miami-Dade County and Orange County. This brings the total to 28 cases in 10 counties. Health officials say all cases are travel-associated....

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The Department of Health & Human Services has been notified of a further five cases of measles, following an outbreak in Brunswick. The five new cases takes the outbreak tally to nine. The five are...

The Qatar Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) reported the first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) of the year in a 66 year old Qatari national yesterday. The man developed...

Registered Dietitian  and author of the book, Stop The Diet, I Want To Get Off, Lisa Tillinger Johansen joined me for the whole hour Sunday on the Outbreak News This Week radio show to discuss the myriad...

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Iowa health officials have reported the first Zika virus case in the state Friday, The patient is an older adult female with recent travel history to Central America. “The general public is not at risk...

Antibiotics may be linked to a serious disruption in brain function, called delirium, and other brain problems, more than previously thought, according to a “Views and Reviews” article published in...