In an update on the rat lungworm cluster in Hawaii, an additional case was reported on Hawaii Island, bringing the cluster total to 15 this year, according to a HawaiiNewsNow report. This brings the tally...

An adult with laboratory-confirmed mumps has been identified in Anchorage, according to the State of Alaska DHSS, Division of Public Health. No recent travel was reported. The patient reported a relative...

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is investigating a confirmed case of human rabies. The Virginia resident was bitten by a dog while traveling in India. While the only documented cases of human-to-human...

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) reported three additional measles cases in Crow Wing County, bringing the state total to 54 confirmed cases. This outbreak and other infectious disease issues...

A person has recently died in San Luis Obispo County from Valley Fever, the county’s fifth death this year from the disease. The County of San Luis Obispo Public Health Department reminds residents...

An outbreak of gastrointestinal illness has struck a Town and Country elementary school, which required sending at least 140 children home sick, according to local media reports. The outbreak is at Lowry...

In 2016, lyophilized CVD 103-HgR (Vaxchora, PaxVax, Redwood City, California), a single-dose, live attenuated oral cholera vaccine, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the prevention of...

Viral hepatitis C may affect thousands of Pierce County residents. National Hepatitis Awareness month calls attention to the potentially deadly infection that can cause cirrhosis or liver cancer—and...

Over just five years, the number of new hepatitis C virus infections reported to CDC has nearly tripled, reaching a 15-year high, according to new preliminary surveillance data released today by the Centers...

The Barton County Health Department (BCHD) along with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment are collaborating with health care and other public health partners to investigate the death of a Central...