NewsDesk @bactiman63 The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene have reported two human West Nile virus (WNV) to date, one each from Brooklyn and Queens. Both patients were hospitalized...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced today five confirmed cases of the omicron variant. The cases were reported in Suffolk County on Long Island, two in Queens, one...

The most populous boroughs in New York City, Queens and Brooklyn, likely served as the major hub of COVID-19 spread in the spring of 2020, a new study finds. Led by researchers at NYU Grossman School...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 New York City health officials report thirty rabies positive animals across the five boroughs to date in 2020: 8 raccoons, 1 skunk, and 1 cat from Bronx, 12 raccoons, 1 cat,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the confirmation of 7,377 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 44,635 confirmed...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews New York City health officials have reported the first human West Nile virus (WNV) cases of the 2019 season. The four cases were reported from Queens (2), Staten...

By Robert Herriman  @bactiman63 Today, both the New York City Department of Health and the NY State Department of Health released updated measles numbers, just following the Centers for Disease Control...

New research recently published in the journal, The Lancet Infectious Diseases identifies the 25 counties in the US most at risk for a measles outbreak. Topping the list includes Cook County, Il, Los...

In a follow-up on the measles outbreak affecting several neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City health officials report an additional 33 confirmed cases during the past week. This brings...

New York City health officials reported an additional 44 measles cases in the past week, bringing the outbreak total to 329 in Brooklyn and Queens since October. To date, 62 cases have been reported in...