By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Montana public health officials are reporting 52 confirmed and suspected Salmonella Newport illnesses linked to onions from Thomson International, Inc. Illnesses...

Health officials in Missoula County report experiencing a pertussis, or whooping cough outbreak affecting a number of local schools. To date, 96 cases lab-confirmed cases have been reported. The Health...

The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services say health officials across the state are seeing an increase in outbreaks of gastrointestinal illnesses- investigating eight norovirus outbreaks...

April is National Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Awareness Month, and the Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) and local public health agencies are raising awareness about those...

The Missoula City-County Health Department confirmed this week that a food service worker in the county tested positive for Hepatitis A. While the food service employee was excluded from work during most...

State public health officials have identified the first case of Zika virus infection in Montana in an adult female from Missoula County who returned from a Zika-affected area. The infected individual is...

State and local health officials in Montana have reported the first confirmed case of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) in Montana this year in a resident of Missoula County. The individual is a 20-year-old...