New York City The measles outbreak in the Brooklyn and Queens area of NYC increased by 31 cases in the past week. The outbreak total is now 390. Most of these cases have involved members of the Orthodox...

The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) is reporting a number of ill passengers onboard a American Airlines flight that arrived at Logan International Airport presenting with gastrointestinal illness...

An update on the measles outbreaks in African countries: Cameroon The measles outbreak is ongoing in Cameroon. The number of cases started increasing since the beginning of this year and peaked in epidemiological...

Scotland health officials have received at least four notifications of wound botulism cases (3 confirmed and one probable) since February. The source of the infection is believed to be heroin contaminated...

The Los Angeles County (LAC) Department of Public Health (DPH) has recently confirmed 5 cases of measles. All of the cases were adults, the majority were unvaccinated, and two had recently travelled internationally. LAC...

Through April 19 this year, 626 measles cases have been confirmed in 22 states, an increase of 71 cases in the past week, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC notes,...

The circulation of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) continues in Mayotte, according to state services in Mayotte (computer translated). During the past week, 12 new animal foci and 5 new human cases have been...

Sri Lanka health officials have reported nearly 14,000 dengue through Apr. 18. The health districts accounting for the most of the 13,975 cases to date include Colombo (3126), Gampaha (1748) and Jaffna...

Officials with the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) in Karachi, Pakistan is reporting the death of a 21-year old student from the Orangi Town area due to the “brain-eating amoeba”,...

Yemen Yemeni health officials reported an additional 27,840 suspected cases of cholera with 48 associated deaths during the week ending April 14. Eighteen percent of these are considered severe cases. The...