NEWS RELEASE 30 APRIL 2014 | GENEVA – A new report by WHO–its first to look at antimicrobial resistance, including antibiotic resistance, globally–reveals that this serious threat is no longer...

The number of confirmed measles cases in Ohio has increased by a dozen since last reported Friday, with the total cases in Ohio now stands at 26, according to the Ohio Department of Health. Knox County...

Philippines Department of Health officials from Region 12 report nine human rabies cases from Jan. 1 to Mar. 31, 2014, making it a 80 percent increase compared to the same period in 2013.   According...

The  Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) in Dhaka has reported the presence of chikungunya in the capital city of Dhaka, advising the public to be aware of the mosquito borne...

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Columbus Public Health reported today that the Central Ohio area mumps outbreak is 75 percent of all cases nationwide. The new numbers reported by health officials are up to 295 mumps cases reported...

NEWS RELEASE April 29, 2014—There is new, more definitive evidence implicating camels in the ongoing outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS. Scientists at the Center for Infection and...

In the course of several weeks of reporting measles in the several zones across the province, Alberta Health Services (AHS) declared an outbreak of the contagious viral disease in three zones today. A...

An outbreak of salmonella earlier this month has sickened some 56 students at the University of Queensland’s Cromwell College, according to a Sydney Morning Herald report today. The report states...

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s McKinley Health Center says that up to 10 people (nine students and one staff member)  have been clinically diagnosed with the mumps since returning...