A teen from South Australia acquired measles while traveling in Southeast Asia and then visited a number of locations in Golden Grove and Modbury while infectious, prompting a health warning today. SA...

In a follow-up on a report from August concerning an extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid outbreak in Pakistan, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported today that health officials say the outbreak...

In a follow-up on the dengue fever outbreak in Senegal, the Ministry of Health and Social Action announced this week (computer translated) that the dengue epidemic that started in mid-September is now...

In a follow-up on the measles outbreak in Madagascar, local media reports (computer translated) the outbreak case total has risen to 15,049 cases since Oct. 1. About 65% of these cases were reported in...

Officials with the Barry-Eaton District Health Department have confirmed that the Legionella bacteria has been detected in the water supply of the Spectrum Health Pennock Hospital in Hastings. At least...

California state health officials are reporting that for the fifth year in a row, the number of infants born with congenital syphilis has increased. Tragically, following the national trend, health...

Health officials on the South Pacific islands of New Caledonia have declared an epidemic of dengue fever after reporting some 100 cases since November. A dengue epidemic was originally declared on 22...

Global health care company, Sanofi, announced Wednesday that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the pediatric hexavalent combination vaccine, VAXELIS™ . VAXELIS was developed as part...

The Metro North Public Health Unit has confirmed a case of measles in an adult male on Brisbane’s north side, according to a Metro North Hospital and Health Service Facebook page post. The man is...

Alabama state health officials report investigating a hepatitis A outbreak in Jackson County in the northeastern part of the state. This outbreak may have spread to surrounding counties. Persons at highest...