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The Delaware General Health District reported this week that the outbreak of gastrointestinal infection linked to a local Chipotle Mexican Grill was due to the C. perfringens toxin. Although food...

Hawaii state health officials reported this week on a new confirmed case of rat lungworm disease in a toddler from East Hawai‘i. Laboratory results confirmed evidence of the rat lungworm disease parasite...

In a follow-up on the situation with locally acquired dengue fever cases in Hong Kong, The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) has reported an additional three local cases of dengue fever, bringing the...

In a follow-up on the rabies outbreak in Sarawak, Malaysia, The Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) is reporting an additional human rabies case 49-year-old farmer from Sri Aman Division. According...

Connecticut state health officials reported this week on the first human West Nile virus (WNV) cases of 2018. The patients, residents of Fairfield and Newington, who are between 60-79 years of age, became...

Dutchess County health officials are reminding the public about tick bite prevention in light of a confirmed Powassan virus case in the county. The individual contracted the virus in the late spring,...

A teenager who traveled with her parents from Asia to Vancouver, British Columbia and later on a Norwegian Cruise Lines, Norwegian Jewel voyage to Seward, Alaska was infected with measles prompting...

In a follow-up on the Lower Washington Heights Legionnaires’ disease cluster, New York City health officials announced the investigation is now closed. There have been no new cases added to the cluster...

In a follow-up on a report earlier this week, Pinellas County, FL health officials have reported two additional confirmed measles cases, bringing the total to three. The newest cases were also unvaccinated...

New York City health officials recently announced a recently recognized invasive tick species now found in parts of the United States was for the first time in New York City. The tick, Haemaphysalis...