Two UC Davis Health patients with COVID-19 have received plasma transfusions from a blood donor who recovered from the virus in an effort to boost the sick patients’ abilities to neutralize the virus...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The sixth ebolavirus, Bombali virus, has been detected in insect-eating bats in Guinea. In addition to findings reported by researchers earlier this month, scientists...

In Mexicali, Mexico, an uncontrolled epidemic of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, one of the deadliest tickborne diseases in the Americas, has affected more than 1,000 people since 2008. A binational team...

In a follow-up on the norovirus outbreak in Yolo County, California, Beth Gabor, County Public Information Officer told Outbreak News Today in an email that the case count is 2836, as of May 22. This...

A follow-up on the botulism and norovirus outbreaks in California Botulism outbreak in Sacramento County The California Department of Public Health, in collaboration with Sacramento County Public Health...

In a follow-up on the gastrointestinal illness (GI) outbreak in Yolo County, California schools, The Yolo County Health & Human Services Agency now reports over 952 students, teachers and staff are...

The Yolo County Health & Human Services Agency is investigating a gastrointestinal illness (GI) outbreak throughout the county. The most common cause of widespread GI illness is Norovirus, more commonly...

UC Davis physician researchers have found that medical marijuana contains multiple bacterial and fungal pathogens that may cause serious and even fatal infections. They warn that smoking, vaping or inhaling...

Genes associated with toxin production and antibiotic resistance identified In a study that could have significant impact on how disease outbreaks are managed, researchers at UC Davis and the California...

Eight horses confirmed to have equine influenza are in quarantine at the veterinary teaching hospital at the University of California at Davis in Yolo County. On Wednesday, July 27, 2016, a horse was...