It may be a new year, but the mumps outbreak that began in Arkansas last summer continues to grow as state health officials put the tally at 2,416 cases under investigation as of Jan. 3. Just a few short...

With the large cryptosporidium outbreak this year in the Central Ohio counties of Columbus, Franklin and Delaware, which accounted for more than 1,000 cases and more than any other individual state in...

Lyme disease has been spreading across the United States over the past several decades, and a new study has confirmed that ticks carrying the disease are present in eastern national parks. According to...

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is announcing that influenza activity is increasing in the state and has reached “widespread” levels.  Areas with the most influenza activity include...

Baylisascaris procyonis, also known as the raccoon roundworm,  is the most common and widespread cause of clinical larva migrans in animals. It is a ubiquitous roundworm infection of raccoons (Procyon...

The Washington State Department of Health (WSDH) has reported 129 mumps cases through Friday, including 111 in King County and twelve in Pierce County. This has prompted health officials to urge the public...

An outbreak in the Los Angeles area of Southern California has now spread to Santa Barbara County and health officials say most were unvaccinated. The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department is...

Seventy years after CDC was founded to fight mosquitoes that carried malaria, CDC found itself entrenched in combat with another mosquito-borne illness, Zika virus. CDC activated its Emergency Operations...

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) scientists have discovered that severe birth defects related to infection with the Zika virus (ZIKV) occurred much earlier than...

Pennsylvania has reported the most Lyme disease cases for ten consecutive years and in 2016, while not over yet, has topped 12,000 cases, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...