Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious cause of death worldwide, killing roughly 1.6 million people in 2017. In the past 200 years, TB claimed the lives of more than 1 billion people — more deaths...

Earlier this month, English health officials reported two imported monkeypox cases in travelers from Nigeria. Today, Public Health England can confirm that a third individual has been diagnosed with monkeypox in...

On August 26, we reported that West Virginia’s hepatitis A outbreak had topped 1,000 cases. Fast forward one month and the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health now reports 1,318 outbreak cases. In...

In a follow-up on the chikungunya outbreak in Kassala State, Sudan, the total cases of the mosquito-borne viral infection has topped 11,000, according to a Reuters report. This number is nearly double...

Assay Is Now Available in Mexico and Countries That Accept CE Mark Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (Ortho), a global leader of in vitro diagnostics, Monday announced the introduction of its next-generation...

Every year, millions of people have vacations and business trips ruined when they succumb to “traveler’s diarrhea” during their journeys. A major cause of traveler’s diarrhea is...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced Monday that Nova Scotia Limited has recalled Cabot brand Oysters from the marketplace due to possible Salmonella contamination. The oysters were...

Penn State’s University Health Services (UHS) announced Monday that local health officials confirmed a single case of meningococcal meningitis at University Park. The patient, a Penn State student,...

Congenital syphilis is a preventable condition that results from untreated syphilis during pregnancy. Potential consequences for the infected baby include stillbirth, neonatal death, blindness, deafness...

Officials with Public Health England (PHE) reported on new data that shows the number of people in England diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) is at its lowest level since 1990. Following action by PHE,...