Robert Herriman

Microbiologist, podcaster and Editor at Outbreak News Today.

The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) issued an Ebola advisory today (in Tagalog) warning citizens of Ebola Virus Disease.  As of 1st August 2014, the cumulative number of cases attributed to EVD...

A long time “pet peeve” of mine has been either reading an article by a journalist, or listening to a news anchor on the TV and hearing the following statement, “the individual had contracted...

Nigerian health officials have confirmed the second case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in a doctor who treated Liberian national, Patrick Sawyer , according to an Associated Press report today. Health...

The total number of Vibrio vulnificus cases in Florida increased by one case from Escambia County since the last update, bringing the total cases to 13, including 3 fatalities, according to Florida Department...

The outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), that one Russian virologist said is “worrying”, has grown by 163 cases during the past couple days, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)...

A cholera outbreak that struck the Burundian town of Rumonge in the province of Bururi less than two weeks ago has already sickened some 86 people, killing one, according to a  PNA/Xinhua report today. “For...

Virologists and other health specialists from Russia have arrived in Conakry, Guinea, West Africa to assist in tackling the historical Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak that has sickened more than 1,400...

The number of animal rabies cases reported in Arkansas from Jan. 1 to July 25 this year has exceeded 100, according to Arkansas Department of Health data. The total reported is 105, with skunks being the...

8/3/14 1830 ET UPDATE: Samaritan’s Purse released the following statement in the past hour on Facebook: We praise God for the news that Kent’s condition is improving. We can confirm that Kent...

There has been no fresh case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in the past 25 days, the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health (MOH) announced. However, health officials continue to take...