Florida health officials reported two additional non-travel related Zika virus cases, one is associated with the Miami Beach investigation and the other is a Miami-Dade County resident and the department...

On October 25, one premise in Miami-Dade County, Florida was placed under quarantine for strangles, according to a recent Equine Disease Communication Center (EDCC) alert. Clinical signs began Oct 18....

A fourth person in Plattsburgh, NY has been hospitalized due to infection with the Legionella bacteria in recent weeks, according to a local media account. One week ago, the Clinton County Health Department...

On October 24, a new West Nile virus (WNV) case was confirmed in Palm Beach County, Florida in a donkey, according to a Equine Disease Communication Center (EDCC) alert today. The animal had no vaccine...

Melinta Therapeutics announced Monday that it has submitted New Drug Applications (NDAs) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval of IV and oral Baxdela™ (delafloxacin) for the treatment...

New Hampshire health officials report three cases of mumps have been identified in students or visitors to the University of New Hampshire (UNH) Durham campus during the past two months, prompting officials to...

Saint Louis University Center for Vaccine Development researchers have identified a potential new target for vaccines that activates a part of the immune system not previously known to be protective against...

The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced the first West Nile virus death in Iowa since 2010 in an 81 year old individual from Northwest Iowa. Testing at the State Hygienic Laboratory...

Venezuela has not seen a case of the vaccine preventable disease, diphtheria, in some 24 years until 2016. Media accounts have put the number of diphtheria cases in Bolivar state, near the borders of Brazil...

The Genesee County Health Department (GCHD) is investigating 2 additional cases of Legionnaires’ disease. To date, there have been 14 cases reported in Genesee County for 2016. GCHD and CDC are continuing...