The first documented autochthonous dengue transmission in Spain In a follow-up on the indigenous dengue fever cases in Spain, this week the Spanish Ministry of Health (computer translated) confirmed a third...

Since June, officials with Public Health England have reported 165 cases of a particular strain of Salmonella Typhimurium which have been linked to lamb and mutton, prompting them to remind people to...

A case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been confirmed on a farm in Aberdeenshire. In line with the disease prevention response plan, precautionary movement restrictions have been put in place...

Health officials in Northern Ireland released sexually transmitted infection (STI) data for 2017 and it shows increase in cases of gonorrhea, herpes and chlamydia, while numbers diagnosed with syphilis...

The free-living amoeba, Naegleria fowleri was first discovered in the 1960s by Dr. Malcolm Fowler and Dr. Rod Carter in Australia. Several hundred cases have been documented worldwide with few survivors. According...

Ukraine health officials reported (computer translated) an additional 554 measles cases (157 adults and 397 children) during the week ending October 6. This brings the total cases to date to 32,489...

The National Center for Microbiology of the Carlos III Health Institute confirmed recently (computer translated) the first known documented autochthonous dengue transmission in Spain. Two people living...

During the past week, European health officials reported 50 additional human West Nile virus (WNV) infections. The cases were reported from Greece (22), Romania (19), Hungary (7), Bulgaria (1) and the...

In recent days a number of suspected cases of mumps infection have presented and been diagnosed in the University’s Student Health Centre (SHC), according to a recent Facebook post on UL Student Life. This...

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has reported an outbreak caused by the gastrointestinal bacteria, Salmonella Enteritidis. So far, infection has been detected in 16 people living in several counties. Patient...