In Nashville today, health officials reported an additional 10 hepatitis A cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 26 since December 2017. For the first time during the outbreak, two cases...

Iowa state health officials report  investigating an increasing number of Cyclospora infections. Since the beginning of the year, 22 Cyclospora infections have been reported in nine Iowa counties. Three...

Lyme disease cases among children are on the rise in western Pennsylvania, according to researchers from Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. The findings are published online today in Clinical...

South Australians are being warned not to eat alfalfa sprout products produced by Adelaide business SA Sprouts, after several people became ill with Salmonella Havana. SA Health’s Chief Medical Officer...

On Tuesday, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced a new, groundbreaking public-private research collaboration to advance the diagnosis and treatment of tick-borne diseases. The New York State...

While the number of dengue fever cases reported nationally in the Philippines is down in 2018 compared to last year, two provinces, Cavite and Negros Occidental are reporting significant increases of...

On today’s show we discuss a most interesting parasite, the soil transmitted helminth, Strongyloides stercoralis. This parasite is more commonly found in areas that are relatively warm and moist,...

By Marcos Vinicius Malveira de Lima The number of confirmed cases of toxoplasmosis in Santa Maria, in the Central Region of Rio Grande do Sul, rose to 569, according to a report released Monday (June...

Nigeria and Africa on track to eradicating poliomyelitis, according to Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole during an announcement at the African Regional Commission for Certification...

At least 10 people have died of cholera in a new outbreak that has affected 60 more people in the Niger State of central Nigeria. In a short statement, the Niger State government health department said...