By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Hawke’s Bay District Health Board reported two new confirmed measles cases this week, bringing  the total number of measles cases in Hawke’s Bay, this year,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Bahia State in Brazil are reporting a massive increase in cases in 2019 as compared to last year, according to a Voz da Bahia report (computer...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Philippines health officials are reporting an average of 95.58 percent coverage of children 0-59 months old who were vaccinated against polio for the October 14-27...

Researchers have proposed that bats are the natural reservoir of filoviruses, including highly fatal Ebola and Marburg viruses. Now, researchers report in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases that in Northeast...

Wawona Frozen Foods is voluntarily recalling packages of frozen raspberries and frozen berry mixes containing raspberries sold at Aldi Grocery Stores and frozen raspberries sold at Raley’s Family...

Over the last decade, evidence has mounted that the measles vaccine protects in not one but two ways: Not only does it prevent the well-known acute illness with spots and fever that frequently sends children...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department report a mumps outbreak at the Men’s Central Jail. To date, 18 inmates have tested positive for...