An unidentified American woman has reportedly contracted Zika virus while staying in the Philippines in January, according to local media reports. In a press briefing Sunday, Philippines Health Secretary...

In a follow-up to the initial report on the Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Sunshine norovirus outbreak earlier this week, CDC Vessel Sanitation Program officials put the case count up to 178 as the...

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Michigan health officials are reporting a cluster of tampon-associated Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) since December 2015. According to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, five TSS cases...

The outbreak of Elizabethkingia anophelis in southeastern and southern Wisconsin is “very worrisome” to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to ABC News’s...

Health officials in Canyon County in western Idaho are reporting a syphilis outbreak among men, according to a KBOI2 report. The outbreak of the sexually transmitted infection in the Treasure Valley has...

The contagious viral infection, mumps has been reported with increased frequency on college campuses in recent weeks with clusters reported from Indiana University, Butler University, the University of...

CDC Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, will travel to Puerto Rico March 7-9 to assess first-hand CDC’s support for the Zika response. As of March 3, 103 cases of Zika virus infection have been reported to...

Miami-Dade County, Florida reported an additional three travel-associated Zika virus cases today, according to the Florida Department of Health. This brings the county’s total to 22 and the state...

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In a follow-up report on the mumps situation on the campus of Harvard University, Director of Harvard University Health Services, Dr. Paul J. Barreira reported Wednesday that they have confirmed four...

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The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) has received confirmation that two state residents acquired the Zika virus during international travel. These are the first laboratory confirmed cases of...