NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Onondaga County in located in the center of New York state and is the home to the city of Syracuse. County health officials there are reporting a significant increase...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Onondaga County health officials are reporting two mosquito pools in the Syracuse area have tested positive for the presence of Jamestown Canyon Virus (JCV). Health...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials with the Onondaga County Health Department in Central New York are reporting the emergence of the tick-borne disease, anaplasmosis. Onondaga County...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Health officials in Onondaga County, New York are reporting a sharp rise in syphilis cases during the first three months of 2021. Onondaga County has seen 28 cases of syphilis—as...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, NY announced Friday the death of a second elephant calf in days. 5-year-old Batu died due to Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpes Virus (EEHV)...

Health officials in Onondaga County, NY have reported the first case of human West Nile virus (WNV) infection for 2019 in an adult residing in the town of Salina, a northwest suburb of the city of Syracuse. The...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Onondaga County health officials are reporting that a fox in Onondaga County has tested positive for rabies. Three residents were exposed to rabies as a result of...

On Tuesday, Onondaga County Health Commissioner Dr. Indu Gupta reported that a case of active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) was reported in an individual affiliated with the Public Service Leadership Academy...

The number of confirmed and probable mumps cases at Syracuse University has grown by 10 since out last report earlier this week. According to SU Health Services, the total is now 60 (confirmed cases: 27,...

The mumps outbreak affecting Syracuse University (SU) students has grown to at least 13 cases, according to the Onondaga County Health Department. The outbreak began the last week of August. According...