Robert Herriman

Microbiologist, podcaster and Editor at Outbreak News Today.

Just days after recording their first dengue hemorrhagic fever fatality of the year, Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced the second DHF death of 2014.   According to a Focus...

The Samaritan’s Purse physician who contracted the dangerous Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) while treating patients in Liberia is going home today. Family practice doctor, Dr. Kent Brantly, who was airlifted...

Alberta Health Services (AHS) is currently investigating an outbreak of E.coli O15:7H7 in the province. To date, there has been 125 confirmed cases reported from the five zones. Calgary and Edmonton zones...

New York state is now reporting 100 imported chikungunya cases, or 15 percent of the US total to date, following only Florida in the number of cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

A plague warning has been issued in Boulder, Colorado last week after fleas collected in open space near the 7200 block of Terrace Place in Boulder, northeast of Cherryvale and South Boulder Roads, tested...

The Costa Rican Ministry of Health is requesting a hotel in the north where there are hot springs, to warn swimmers about the presence of a dangerous amoeba, Naegleria fowleri,  in its waters. This follows...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the United States is experiencing an alarming increase in the number of bedbug...

The National News Agency of Malaysia is reporting that the dengue fever epidemic this year has exceeded last year’s case count by more than 45,000. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said, “Accumulated...

Two cases of locally acquired chikungunya fever were reported this week in Palm Beach County, according to the Florida Department of Health (FLDOH). This brings the total locally acquired cases in Florida...

The West Africa Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak jumped by more than 200 cases in the past two days, making it the largest 2-day increase reported by the World Health Organization (WHO). Between 17...