The McHenry County Department of Health (MCDH) reports three cases of mumps that have been identified with a connection to Huntley High School with the first case confirmed positive in October. The Health...

Duque on vaccines Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III, during the 19th Philippine National Immunization Conference, stressed to fellow health workers and participants that vaccination has been proven...

Italian health officials reported this week ( computer translated) that the measles outbreak in the port city of Bari is now under control. The first epidemiological data reported by the Observatory of...

The World Health Organization (WHO) is shifting its focus towards active screening of girls and women of childbearing age to detect the presence of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative parasite of Chagas...

This week, Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)  launched a three-day subnational immunization...

The New Jersey Department of Health (DOH) reported a severely ill child with a confirmed case of adenovirus died Thursday night in a North Jersey hospital. The child had been a resident of the Wanaque...

Natural health advocate, Dr. Joseph Mercola, tweeted a story from his website–“Vitamin D Is More Effective Than Flu Vaccine, Study Says”, on his popular website mercola.com. His text...

In a follow-up on the multi-state Salmonella Newport outbreak linked to beef from JBS Tolleson, an additional 126 ill people from 13 states were included in the investigation since the last update on...

The Bacolod City Health Office (CHO) has reported a suspected measles outbreak at the Metro Bacolod District Jail (MBDJ) in Barangay Handumanan this week. More than two dozen male inmates have demonstrated...

Bohol The Department of Health (DOH) 7  in the Central Visayas is reporting 125 percent increase in dengue fever cases in 2018 year to date compared to 2017. 2,057 dengue cases with 37 fatalities were...