By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Illinois state health officials are reporting two confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease linked to the AmericInn by Wyndham Hotel in Schaumburg, Illinois, and...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on a report concerning severe respiratory illness possibly linked to vaping, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) learned of the death of...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), along with officials in Kalamazoo County and other local governments report investigating 6 confirmed...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up report from Miami-Dade County in South Florida, county health officials issued  a mosquito-borne illness alert Friday following the confirmation of...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in the Town of Maynard in Middlesex Count are reporting on a Powassan virus case in a resident, which has prompted reminders of tick safety. “There...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Vermont health officials are reporting the first West Nile virus (WNV) positive pool of mosquitoes this year in Essex. The infected mosquitoes were collected by the...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In the Las Vegas/Clark County area, health officials have declared an outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV) after receiving reports of 28 cases of the disease in humans...

Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) today announced a new, multiyear initiative to slash the number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Chicago, starting...

During 2012-2016, an average of 43,999 HPV-associated cancers were reported each year, according to a new study published today in CDC’s  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Among the estimated...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Imperial County Health Department reported this week of two human St. Louis Encephalitis (SLE) cases, the first reported in California in 2019. Both patients...