Robert Herriman

Microbiologist, podcaster and Editor at Outbreak News Today.

The measles outbreak linked to visiting two California Disney theme parks,  Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Park, has grown to 33 cases in four states, according to numbers from the respective...

The Fort Hood soldier who was found dead outside his off-base apartment in Killeen has tested negative for Ebola virus for the second time. Carl R. Darnall Medical Center (CRDAMC) medical officials confirmed...

The Saudi Arabia Health Ministry reported two additional Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases today bringing the country total to 835, according to a health ministry press release. Details...

Health officials in Germany are advising physicians, infectious disease specialists and travel medicine specialists to be aware of the potential of importation of the “Monkey malaria”, Plasmodium...

The Egyptian Ministry of Health announced today two additional human H5N1 avian influenza cases, bringing the total this year to 12. According to the health ministry (computer translated), one case is...

Health officials in Onondaga County, New York report today that there has been a total of 550 flu cases reported and seven confirmed flu-related deaths in the Central New York County. Each of those who...

The Ecuadorian Health Ministry has confirmed 20 cases of the mosquito borne virus, chikungunya, Public Health Minister Carina Vance said today. Vance told local media (computer translated) that most...

H5N1 avian influenza (AI) has really made it’s presence known in Egypt in the past month or so as the World Health Organization (WHO) reports 18 new laboratory-confirmed human cases of avian influenza...

With the addition of nearly 10,000 new chikungunya cases in Colombia, the total now exceeds 83,000 cases, by far the most in South America. The country has also reported three deaths related to the mosquito...

The number of California measles cases linked to the two Disney theme parks has climbed to 22, with several additional suspect cases under evaluation. according to California Department of Public Health...