On 25 May, PAHO/WHO was informed that the United States Center for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) and the New Jersey Department of Health had confirmed a fatal case of Lassa fever. The case was diagnosed...

During the 1960s the extremely high death toll in Europe and America due to rheumatic heart disease (RHD) prompted cardiac surgery techniques and technology development. By the 1970s deaths due to RHD...

Crypto and Giardia are invisible threats that can make an infected person very sick. The most common symptom of parasitic infection is diarrhea, which can last two to three weeks if left untreated. With...

When most people think of norovirus, they think of people marooned on a cruise ship with raging stomach and intestinal illness, unable to leave their cabins. However, an outbreak at an Oregon lake underscores...

The New York State Department of Health (DOH) is reminding New Yorkers to take the necessary precautions to protect themselves against rabies exposure from stray and wild animals, like bats which, during...

“Most bug bites and stings can be safely treated at home with topical medication, such as hydrocortisone cream or ointment, or an oral antihistamine to reduce the itch,” said board-certified dermatologist...

It is not often that medical progress is needlessly delayed to the point that lives are lost. However, since the groundbreaking FDA approval of the first Meningitis B vaccine in October of 2014, several...

In 1909, Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas discovered the parasitic infection, Chagas disease, which is appropriately named after him. However, if Dr Chagas discovered the disease caused by the parasite...

An outbreak of pneumonic plague with likely human-to human transmission, believed to be initially transmitted by a dog, has been identified for the first time in the United States since 1924 in Colorado...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) introduced its new application, “Tickborne Diseases of the United States”,  a companion to the printed manual, Tickborne Diseases of the...