NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington reported that a student had contracted chickenpox, according to the student newspaper, The Whitman Wire. According...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reports the multi-county E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that has affected 11 people is likely linked to PCC Community Market...

On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the multi-state Salmonella I 4,[5],12:b:- linked to kratom had grown to 40 sick people from 27 states. Three people in...

State and federal wildlife-diagnostic centers have confirmed an outbreak of avian cholera near the Tri-Cities, where more than 1,200 dead ducks have been reported in the past week. The disease was confirmed...

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A Walla Walla County man is the first Washington resident in 2014 known to have been infected with West Nile virus in our state. The man in his 20s was likely exposed near his home and was hospitalized....