In a follow-up report to a gastrointestinal outbreak affecting some 200 students, faculty and staff at Ursinus College in Pennsylvania, school and county health officials announced today that norovirus...

On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated a number of travel notices for Zika virus-affected countries. Many of which are very popular vacation destinations. These include...

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Late last week, just after Hawaii Governor David Ige signed an emergency proclamation against mosquito borne illnesses, dengue and Zika fever, Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02), who previously urged...

On Friday evening, officials with Butler University reported on the confirmation of at least three mumps cases on campus. According to local media, two of the students diagnosed with mumps lived in dorms,...

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The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) is reporting the state’s third and fourth cases of Zika virus in returning travelers – a 56-year-old Butler County woman returning from Guyana, and a 60- year-old...

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The Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division is confirming that a person in Oregon has been diagnosed with a travel-associated Zika virus infection. The adult woman contracted the virus in an affected...

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The rapid spread of the mosquito borne viral infection caused by Zika virus throughout several areas of the world, including Latin America and the Caribbean, and worldwide attention for associated potential...

This week, U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps officers aided the Genesee County Health Department in clearing a months-long backlog of blood lead level screening results for the Flint...

After a decade of controversy, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guidelines for treatment of Lyme disease, first posted in 2006, have lapsed and been removed from the National Guideline...

After repeated calls from various government officials in Hawaii to take more agrresive action against the dengue fever outbreak (HERE and HERE), and days after Hawaii County Mayor, Billy Kenoi declared...