The City of Lubbock Health Department has confirmed the first human case of West Nile Virus in Lubbock for 2016. WNV is a disease of birds. Humans are exposed to the virus when they are bitten by mosquitoes...

An outbreak of unknown etiology on the P&O Cruises vessel, Adonia, sickened some 25 total passengers and crew, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vessel Sanitation Program (CDC-VSP)...

Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) reports the third West Nile Virus death in Dallas County for the 2016 season. The patient was a resident of the 75149 zip code of Mesquite and was previously...

Three additional confirmed Vibrio vulnificus cases were reported in the past week in the state of Florida, bringing the state total to 36 through Friday. The new cases include the fourth case confirmed...

Columbus Public Health tweeted Friday an update to the Cryptosporidium outbreak in Central Ohio, which shows a slight increase in the past week (29 cases) bringing the total to 966. Columbus Public Health...

Following reports over a week ago about historic numbers of the sexually transmitted infections (STI), chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis in 2015 in the United States, California health officials have...

Even though a large majority of the U.S. public is aware of the Zika virus, according to a newly-released New York University (NYU) Zika study, fewer than half know some of the hallmarks of this novel...

The number of cases in the Arkansas mumps outbreak that started in “officially” in early September has grown to more than 800 suspected and lab confirmed cases, according to the Arkansas...

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene advised health care providers in an alert Thursday of a case of HIV infection in a resident who was reported to have been adherent to HIV pre-exposure...

In a follow-up to the meningococcal meningitis cluster at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW–Madison), university officials Thursday said testing has identified meningococcal disease in a third...