Robert Herriman

Microbiologist, podcaster and Editor at Outbreak News Today.

At least 20 people, including the elderly and children, have been hospitalized for seasonal influenza already this year in Wisconsin, prompting state health officials to advise residents to get flu shots. “The...

The total number of cases of Vibrio vulnificus has risen by one as Polk County saw their first case of the bacterial infection, according to data released by the Florida Department of Health. This brings...

Two additional West Nile virus (WNV) cases were reported in Florida today as Volusia County, on the state’s east coast recorded their 4th case, while Marion County saw their first. The Florida Department...

The first person to contract Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the United States of America is now Ebola free and ready to go home. Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas nurse, 26-year-old Nina Pham talked...

A report by a website called, National Report published four days ago, saying that 17 kindergarten students fell violently ill and tested positive for the Ebola virus in Wortham, TX is absolutely false. The...

With the confirmation of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in a Doctors without Borders physician in New York City, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo outlined the state’s Ebola preparedness plan, which...

The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed three cases of measles in the state, one on Maui and two on Kauai. The cases on the two islands are not related to each other and have separate...

About a quarter of sailors immunized with the influenza vaccine on board the U.S. Navy minesweeper,USS Ardent contracted the flu, primarily H3N2 influenza, according to a study published in the latest...

The number of cases of acute neurologic illness of undetermined etiology reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has risen by by 14 during the past week. As of October 23, CDC...

On the same day that Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) physician in Guinea, Dr. Craig Spencer was laboratory confirmed positive for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in New York City, the...