Kansas State University has confirmed one student case of mumps. The university is directly notifying anyone who may have been in close contact with the student. The university’s Lafene Health Center...

Health officials in Nicaragua and the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao have reported autochthonous, or local transmission of Zika virus, according to each of the local health departments. In Nicaragua,...

Between August 2015 and 24 January 2016, 172 suspected and confirmed Lassa fever cases have been reported in Nigeria with 83 suspected and confirmed deaths (CFR 48%), according to Nigerian health officials. The...

Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) today called on Governor David Ige to declare the Hawaiʻi Island dengue fever outbreak a state of emergency and deploy State resources, including the National Guard,...

Minnesota health officials are investigating an outbreak of foodborne illness associated with eating “Garden of Life Organic Shake & Meal Replacement” in Minnesota and several other states. Two...

Taiwan health officials are reporting this year’s first case of rubella, or German measles in a 39-year-old female who resides in northern Taiwan. According to the CDC, she sought medical attention...

The Ministry of Health in Jamaica has confirmed one case of the Zika virus in a child from Portmore, St. Catherine. Four-year old child. The four year old child began showing symptoms on January 17,...

In a follow-up to a report on the norovirus outbreak linked to the New Theatre Restaurant in Overland Park, Kansas, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) anounced late last week they...

WHO Director-General, Margaret Chan, will convene an International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations. The Committee...

Health officials on the South Pacific islands of New Caledonia have reported two imported chikungunya cases from Indonesia, according to a Radio New Zealand report Thursday. In addition, they have diagnosed...