The New Mexico Department of Health announced Thursday a 28-year-old man from McKinley County has died of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS). A 49-year-old man from Otero County is still hospitalized...

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Early data suggests that the current 2014-2015 flu season could be severe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urges immediate vaccination for anyone still unvaccinated this season and...

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The Grand Traverse County Health Department is reporting 2 confirmed cases of Measles in Grand Traverse County. The two cases were both unimmunized and had recently returned from traveling to the Philippines....

After learning of the chance of an possible Ebola patient, an America health care worker (HCW) coming for observation and testing to the Atlanta based hospital, Emory University confirmed today they...

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The New Mexico Department of Health announced today that it is investigating a confirmed case of measles in Rio Arriba County. The 1-year-old child had not yet been immunized against the disease. This...

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Overhill Farms, Inc. of Vernon, California is voluntarily recalling the frozen food product Open Nature Chile Cheese Enchiladas due to potential Salmonella contamination. The supplier for the organic cilantro...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised clinicians yesterday that the 2014-2015 seasonal flu shot may not be as effective as originally thought as the major circulating strain this...

The number of human West Nile virus (WNV) infections have exceeded 2,000 in 2014, according to newly published data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This makes it the third year...

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The Health Department and the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) announced today that the active monitoring period for the last of the 114 health care workers who cared for New York City’s...

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An increasing number of U.S. hospitals are now equipped to treat patients with Ebola, giving nationwide health system Ebola readiness efforts a boost.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and...