The first person to contract Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the United States is doing better, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) today. In a statement from the NIH they say, “The...

The western states of Arizona and Nevada, plus Alaska and Hawaii are the four states remaining without a confirmed case of the serious respiratory virus circulating this year, Enterovirus D68(EV-D68). From...

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has recorded an additional 46 human West Nile virus (WNV) cases during the past week, bringing the state’s total for 2014 to 608. Los Angeles County accounted...

Former Texas Congressman and veteran physician, Dr. Ron Paul doesn’t buy into the calls for a travel ban with West Africa saying it is a politically motivated. During an interview with Newsmax TV’s,...

The strain of Neisseria meningitis, the agent of meningococcal disease, that killed 18-year-old  San Diego State University (SDSU) freshman Sara Stelzer is the same strain seen in outbreaks of meningococcal...

In a telebriefing yesterday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director, Dr. Thomas Frieden announced the new, updated guidelines for the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). “The...

Health officials in Comanche County, OK report an outbreak of the sexually transmitted infection (STI), syphilis, saying the number of cases in the Lawton area is up 300 percent during the past year. Officials...

An unnamed American physician (Patient X) who was working with the World Health Organization (WHO) in Sierra Leone, where he contracted Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), was declared free from Ebola virus and...

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A group of 43 people in Texas who had contact with the state’s first Ebola patient have been cleared from twice-daily monitoring after reaching the 21-day mark, the longest incubation period for...

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AMS Health Sciences, LLC is notifying the public that it is recalling 2014 bottles of Saba Shark Cartilage Complex due to possible contamination of Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes...