Scott Gottlieb, the physician and entrepreneur who is President Trump’s nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration, told senators Wednesday that the nation’s opioid crisis is a “public...

Officials with the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department have confirmed two mumps cases in Fayette County. These are the first mumps cases of the year. Mumps is a viral infection that causes painful...

In a follow-up on the report of the investigation of a third suspect hantavirus case in King County, Washington, officials reported Thursday that tests have come back confirming hantavirus pulmonary syndrome...

Meningococcal meningitis Chapman University Student Health (CUSH) announced Tuesday that a student has been diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis. Laboratory testing has determined that the student...

The Multnomah County Health Department is looking into two confirmed cases of Hepatitis A in restaurant workers at two Cup & Saucer Cafe locations in Portland. Hepatitis A is a liver infection caused...

Of the 250 pregnant women who had confirmed Zika infection in 2016, 24 – or about 1 in 10 of them – had a fetus or baby with Zika-related birth defects, according to a new Vital Signs report from the...

In a follow-up to the hantavirus situation in King County, Washington, public health officials announced today they are investigating  a new suspected case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in an...

Leprosy is still found in the United States where a couple hundred cases are reported annually mostly from Florida, Texas, Louisiana and California. It is not an infectious disease you see everyday in...

Neisseria meningitidis, a bacterium usually associated with meningitis and sepsis, is the cause of a recent cluster of sexually transmitted infections in Columbus, Ohio and in other US cities. The bacterium...

Colorado health officials have reported 60 mumps cases as of Mar. 31, a significant increase as compared to recent years. In fact, the 60 cases reported during the first three months of 2017 is more...