NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) reported today the first human Jamestown Canyon Virus (JCV) case in the state since 2013. The person who tested positive...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Delaware health officials announced today that a 69-year-old Kent County man has become infected with West Nile Virus (WNV), the state’s first case of human WNV since 2018,...

Delaware health officials reported this week the  first flu-related death of the 2020-2021 season. The individual was a 56-year-old Kent county male infected with influenza B, who also had underlying...

A woman from Kent County, Delaware has died from rabies, the first such fatality since 1941, according to a wdel.com report. The woman, who lived west of Felton, was taken to a Delaware hospital in...

Delaware public health officials report investigating an outbreak of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, in Kent County. The outbreak investigation began in June when the Division of Public...

A 70-year-old Kent County woman was briefly hospitalized with West Nile virus (WNV) and is now recovering at home. The case is the first lab-confirmed human WNV case reported in 2017. There were no cases...

The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) announced today that flu is officially confirmed in all three counties with new lab-confirmed cases in New Castle and Sussex counties. The first New Castle...