Neisseria meningitidis, a bacterium usually associated with meningitis and sepsis, is the cause of a recent cluster of sexually transmitted infections in Columbus, Ohio and in other US cities. The bacterium...

Colorado health officials have reported 60 mumps cases as of Mar. 31, a significant increase as compared to recent years. In fact, the 60 cases reported during the first three months of 2017 is more...

Possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination has prompted Central Smith Creamery in Ontario to recall Wholesome Farms brand Vanilla Sundae Cup. The following products are affected by the recall:         Check...

The Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) announced today that since the beginning of the year, they have received 39 notifications of mumps, with most arising in West Auckland. The age range...

In a follow-up on an 11th suspect typhoid case in Auckland, News Zealand, health officials confirmed today that that case is indeed typhoid fever. That person has also been hospitalized. Auckland Regional...

Among infants of women who received the Tdap pertussis booster vaccine during pregnancy, the risk of contracting pertussis was reduced by an estimated 91 percent during the first two months of life, the...

A seven-year-old boy from Mandaue City, Cebu, Philippines died from the lethal virus, rabies, two weeks after being bit by his neighbors dog on the head, according to an Abante-Tonite reporte (computer...

The Zimbabwean health ministry says at least 10 people have died and more than 1,800 have been infected with typhoid fever since the outbreak began in October last year, according to an Eyewitness News...

On Mar. 21, health officials in Iceland (computer translated) reported a confirmed measles case in a nine-month-old child. The child had stayed with his family in Thailand and arrived on March 2 but...

Each year, there are approximately 700,000 varicella cases (more than 90% are under 10 years old), approximately 3,000 hospitalizations (25% are over 10 years old) and 20 deaths (70% are over 10 years...