By: Candess Zona Mendola of MakeFoodSafe.com Local media reports Gino’s Pizzeria may be linked to the Hepatitis Outbreak in West Norriton, Pennsylvania.  As of now, 1 person has died and 6 people were...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In 2021, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a total of five human rabies cases/deaths, including three cases from September to November...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their travel notice this week for Asia and the Pacific Islands with a specific warning about the countries...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Pennsylvania Department of Health (PADOH) and the Montgomery County Office of Public Health (MCOPH) are investigating an outbreak of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infections...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Since the first human West Nile virus (WNV) cases were reported in Arizona in 2003 and through 2020, the state reported a total of 1,939 cases, including a single year...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on a report from last week, officials with the ABQ BioPark zoo in Albuquerque, New Mexico say Jazmine, the eight-year-old Asian elephant, has died from...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials with Public Health – Seattle & King County report a hantavirus case in an adult resident of southeast King County, who was hospitalized in December...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with other federal and state agencies announced the investigation into a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Just days after 3-year-old Asian elephant, Thorn, died from elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) at the ABQ BioPark Zoo in Albuquerque, New Mexico, zoo officials...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Oregon state health officials reported the state’s first cases of Candida auris, a serious fungal infection that is often resistant to multiple antifungal medicines. The...