Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries Commissioner John McMillan has announced that three horses have tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) by the department’s diagnostic...

The initial case of Vibrio in 2018 has been reported to the Mobile County Health Department (MCHD). The case is currently under investigation by MCHD’s Infectious Diseases & Outbreak division. Exposure...

In the category of something “flying under the radar”… Remember several months ago when the much of the media (one example) was covering the study published in November 2017 issue...

Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) officials notified Auburn University Wednesday of plans to investigate a case of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) identified in a student enrolled on the Auburn campus....

The Colbert and Lauderdale County Health Departments, in conjunction with the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), continue to investigate gastrointestinal illnesses in persons who ate at a catered...

The seventh case of Vibrio involving a Mobile County resident during 2017 has been reported to the Mobile County Health Department. The individual was in the Dog River area. The patient is recovering...

People who consumed raw milk or raw milk products from one Texas dairy should contact their health care provider immediately, warn health investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

A sixth case of Vibrio involving a Mobile County resident has been reported to the Mobile County Health Department. The individual was off-shore — not in Gulf Coastal waters — when they received an...

Correction: As per the Mobile County Health Department, the 5th Vibrio case has not been confirmed as V. vulnificus. More details will be available once the investigation is completed. Mobile County Health...

Federal and Alabama agriculture officials announced Tuesday an atypical case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), a neurologic disease of cattle, in an eleven-year old cow in Alabama. This animal...