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Arizona reports 1st Zika virus case in Maricopa County resident

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The Arizona Department of Health Services and the Maricopa County Department of Public Health confirmed today the state’s first case of Zika virus in a Maricopa County resident. The older adult woman...

Puerto Rico reports 101 Zika cases during past week, Haiti case count reaches 1777

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Health officials in Puerto Rico are reporting 101 additional Zika virus infections on the island during the past week, according to a news release Monday (computer translated). Sixteen of the cases were...

Bahamas: Suspect Ebola case ‘unlikely’

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The Bahamas Ministry of Health and its agencies including the Public Hospitals Authority, Department of Public Health and the Pan American Health Organization in an update Monday maintains that a suspected...

Ebola situation in West Africa no longer constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern: WHO

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The 9th meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa took...

Thailand and Malaysia dengue updates

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The incidence of dengue fever in southeast Asia continues to be high in a number of the countries, including Thailand and Malaysia. The Department of Epidemiology in Thailand puts the total case count...

New York: Rockland County reports meningitis death in visiting foreign national

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Rockland County health officials reported Monday of a bacterial meningitis fatality.  The individual was a foreign national who was visiting relatives for the holidays. During the visit, the individual...

Hamilton, Canada: 17 animal rabies cases reported in March to date

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Hamilton health officials have reported 17 animal rabies cases in Mar. 2016 to date, bringing the total to 65 in the city since Dec. 2015. Prior to this, the province of Ontario hasn’t seen a scourge...

Staphylococcus aureus skin infections: Many fail to complete antibiotics resulting in new infections

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In the first study of its kind, researchers found patients with S. aureus skin and soft tissue infections took, on average, just 57% of their prescribed antibiotic doses after leaving the hospital, resulting...

Connecticut E. coli cases up to 15, most linked to Oak Leaf Farm

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In a follow-up to the E. coli outbreak in Connecticut, state health officials (DPH) say they are investigating 15 confirmed cases of E.coli O157 infection. The number of cases could increase in the near...

Preventing carbon monoxide poisoning

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The Florida Department of Health reminds Floridians to take precautions to prevent carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. CO is a poisonous gas produced by burning fuels such as gasoline, natural gas, propane,...