Today in World Hepatitis Day, which every July 28th brings the world together under a single theme to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis and to influence real change. Viral hepatitis...

The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) is urging Hoosiers to take precautions against pertussis, also known as whooping cough, amid an increase in cases across the state. In the first half of 2017,...

Who said health care must be expensive and essentially dominated by the US government and insurance companies? Free market options are out there and this sector is growing as the government-insurance cartel crumbles...

From 2007 to 2016, private insurance claim lines with diagnoses of Lyme disease increased 185 percent in rural areas and 40 percent in urban areas, according to data from FAIR Health, a national, independent,...

In an update on the Powassan virus situation in Saratoga County, NY,  health officials in Schuyler County reported on their website that three cases of Powassan virus have been identified in Saratoga...

In a follow-up on the multi-state Salmonella outbreak (HERE and HERE), Grande Produce has announced a voluntary recall of a limited quantity of Papaya Maradol (with the brand name Caribeña labeled on...

Scientists developing promising new antibiotics in India, Ireland, France, Switzerland, the US and UK are to share up to US$17.6m to speed treatments for the world’s deadliest superbugs. A year since...

Pathogenic bacteria are rapidly developing resistance to the arsenal of microbial therapies – and driving researchers to identify families of therapeutics with new modes of action. Recently, those include...

Health officials in Wales are reporting two additional measles cases in the ongoing outbreak prompting urging for parents to ensure their children are protected as school summer holidays begin. The two...

Texas and Hidalgo County health officials have confirmed that an individual tested positive for Zika virus. Because the individual has not recently traveled out of the area or had any other risk factors,...