According to the Brazilian Tourism Board, approximately 350,000 – 500,000 international visitors and athletes from 207 countries are expected to travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the 2016 Olympic...

The El Salvador Ministry of Health issued a health warning about increased number of typhoid fever in the country reported in recent week, according to a local media report (computer translated). Health...

In the latest update from the Colombian National Institute of Health (computer translated), health officials reported an additional 1134 suspected Zika virus cases during the past week, with slightly...

Venezuela recorded the most malaria cases in decades in 2015 (HERE), ending the year with a total 136,402 cases. However, the data for the first 25 weeks of 2016 put the country over the 100,000 case...

Health officials in Brazil say they are seeing the most deaths due to influenza A (H1N1) since 2009, the year of the worldwide pandemic, Brazilian media reported Thursday (computer translated). Through...

Health and Social Security Minister Nickolas Steele says there is need for a collective effort to mitigate against the effects of Zika, with nine confirmed and 30 suspected cases of the virus. During...

The Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) issued a quarantine order after the death of eight horses due to Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) were reported from the municipality of Yopal, Casanare, according...

Since confirming the first case of influenza A (H1N1) in late April, the number of cases in Panama requiring hospitalization due to this type of flu has grown to more than 1800, including 42 fatalities,...

The number of confirmed Zika virus cases in Mexico increased by 105 in the past week, according to the latest report of the General Directorate of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health (computer translated) published...

According to officials with the Pacific Health Network Northern Regional Government of Ancash region in eastern Peru, more than 200 cases of the skin infection, Uta, have been reported and due to a lack...