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In a follow-up on the West Nile virus (WNV) infection situation in Massachusetts,  state health officials report four more human cases of WNV in the state this year, bringing the total to 9. The newest...

According to the new sexually transmitted infections (STI) annual report from Public Health Wales, STI cases have increased, particularly syphilis and gonorrhea. In 2017, there were 6,920 diagnoses...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that thirty additional Salmonella Mbandaka infections have been reported since mid-July linked to Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal. In...

Kerala state health officials issued a health advisory recently due to rising leptospirosis cases and deths in the southern state. Health minister KK Shailaja said there are 123 suspected leptospirosis...

Dispelling stories on social media that a Lusaka man died from Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) contracted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Minister of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya said the patient in...

New Hampshire health officials issued an order to the Sands Resort in Hampton this weekend after initial tests conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) detected the presence of...

The cholera outbreak in Niger that started in early July has now topped 2,000 cases, according to the World Health Organization. Since the beginning of the outbreak on 5 July 2018, a total of 2,013 suspected...

Mauritius health officials stating reporting sporadic measles cases in late-March 2018 and by mid-May, the measles epidemic threshold was met. From March through late August,  808 confirmed measles...

Officials at Yangon General Hospital in Myanmar reported at least 18 human deaths due t rabies during the first eight months of the year, according to a Myanmar Times report today. This total is only...

Hillsborough County FL health officials (DOH-Hillsborough) issued two rabies alerts last week after rabid cat attacks in two areas of the county on the west coast of Florida. The first situation involved...