By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews An adult from Kingston, NH tested positive for both Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV) and Powassan virus (POW), the first time these vector-borne diseases have been identified...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency announced the first case of measles this year in the county. The case is confirmed in an 11-month-old resident...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Southern Nevada In a follow-up on the human West Nile virus (WNV) situation in the Las Vegas/Southern Nevada area shows that four additional cases have been report...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Hunterdon County, NJ Health officials in Hunterdon County, New Jersey have reported a rabies-positive groundhog who acted aggressively toward farm animals on Raritan...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Minnesota Department of Health is reporting a hepatitis A outbreak and is reminding the public the best way to prevent the infection is through vaccination. Since...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Miami-Dade County, Florida have reported a confirmed a locally-acquired case of dengue fever this week, the second such case reported in the county...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Valley Fever, also known as coccidioidomycosis, is caused by the spore of a fungus that grows in soil in parts of California, Arizona, and other areas of the southwestern...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the cholera outbreak in Yemen, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice today for Yemen due to the cholera outbreak. There...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the West Nile virus (WNV) situation in Clark County, Nevada, officials with the Southern Nevada Health District have reported the 12th human WNV...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has identified the first two cases of human West Nile virus (WNV) infection in Los Angeles County for the 2019 season...