NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Florida Department of Health (DOH) and the state health departments of Georgia and Alabama have detected a Salmonella outbreak associated with the consumption of raw oysters...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Federal and state health officials report investigating a multistate outbreak of norovirus illnesses linked to raw oysters from Texas. As of December 15, 211 illnesses have been...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Alabama reported 36 cases of congenital syphilis in 2021, the highest number of cases since 2006. Since 2019, Alabama has had increasing cases with 15 in 2019, 23 in 2020, and alarmingly,...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Mobile County Health Department (MCHD) reports as of July 23, there have been a total of four cases of vibriosis reported for the year 2022. Three out of four cases reported...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) and Mobile County Health Department (MCHD) have identified the first case of monkeypox virus infection in Alabama. Both organizations...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the higher than usual rates of liver inflammation (hepatitis) in children in the United Kingdom from the beginning of the month, the European Centre for Disease...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to a news release from the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) Friday: Since November 2021, the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), in collaboration with...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Alabama state health officials report investigating four cases of E. coli O157:H7  in younger children in Northeastern Alabama. The symptoms of E. coli O157 and similar E. coli infections...

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other health agencies have advised against the unauthorized use of the drug ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19 in humans. The...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The initial case of Vibrio in 2021 connected to water exposure has been reported to the Mobile County Health Department (MCHD). The case is currently under investigation...