NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the report of a poliovirus case in Rockland County last month, state health officials have reported the virus being detected in wastewater samples from at leas t...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) and the Rockland County Department of Health today alerted the public to a case of polio in a Rockland County resident. State and...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced an additional 11 COVID-19 cases in the state– 8 in Westchester County and 3 in Nassau County. “I’ve...

By NewsDesk   @infectiousdiseasenews New York City New York City health officials reported an additional 14 measles cases in the Brooklyn/Queens area outbreak during the past week. This bringing the...

New York City health officials reported 23 additional measles cases this past week, bringing the outbreak to to 588 since September. New confirmed cases were reported in Borough Park (11), Williamsburg...

New national case counts have been released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and we see it continue to rise by the dozens. The biggest outbreaks in the United States, in New York...

On the latest Outbreak News This Week, I look at news from Florida and then expand to national and international news, and a little research. The Florida hepatitis A outbreak keeps adding up and we look...

New York City health authorities reported an additional 43 confirmed measles cases during the past week, bringing the outbreak total to 466 cases in Brooklyn and Queens since September. The new cases...

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...

Here is a look at some interesting infectious disease and health news, opinion and research reported across the globe: Rockland County Measles outbreak As of April 12, 2019, there are 184 confirmed...