As climate change brings hotter weather to Southern California, coastal populations from San Diego to Santa Barbara may face an increased risk of contracting West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne diseases,...

By NewsDesk    @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the dengue fever outbreak in Honduras, the Ministry of Health reported Friday that the case count is now at 42,300, including 59 fatalities, according...

By Candess Zona-Mendola The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) recently announced that there is an outbreak of Vibrio and other pathogens and recommended that consumers avoid eating raw oysters...

On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced romaine lettuce that was harvested outside of Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Barbara Counties in California after Nov. 23 doesn’t appear...

The raccoon that topples your trashcan and pillages your garden may leave more than just a mess. More likely than not, it also contaminates your yard with parasites — most notably, raccoon roundworms...

The vaccine preventable childhood disease, chickenpox, has been implicated in school outbreaks in California and Indiana, according to local health officials. In Santa Barbara County, CA, the health department ...