Here are the top five posts on Outbreak News Today for the week Oct. 6 through Oct 12: 5. Antibiotic overprescribing: Nearly half of outpatient prescriptions written without infection diagnosis Research...

More than 50 Dartmouth College students have been admitted to Dick’s House, or Dartmouth’s Health Service with the viral infection, hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), according to the student...

Nova Scotia health authorities are investigating a case of measles in the Halifax/Dartmouth area. It has not yet been determined how the individual contracted measles. As part of the routine investigation...

According to a post from Ann C. Bracken, M.D., Ph.D., Director of Clinical Medical Services, Dartmouth College Health Service, a student has been confirmed with mumps. The infected student is in isolation...

Researchers from VIB, UGent, the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and several collaborators developed a new antiviral strategy to fight human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a leading cause of...