A recently published case reported last week in the journal BMJ Case Reports, describes the rare, yet very serious infection that can be contracted by “man’s best friend”. The case...

A woman living in Madrid has become the first case in Spain to contract the Zika virus through sexual transmission, according to an El Mundo report (computer translated). The woman is believed to have...

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Officials with the Arizona Department of Health Services announced Saturday an additional two confirmed measles cases, both in Pinal County, bringing the outbreak total to 22. The potential exposure...

Puerto Rico Secretary of the Department of Health, Ana Armendariz Ríus reported Friday (computer translated) that 225 additional Zika virus cases were reported in the past week, bringing the island’s...

Earlier this week, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an alert about the multi-drug resistant yeast, Candida auris.   British health authorities also reported on cases...

In a follow-up to ongoing reports of dengue fever in Sri Lanka, officials with the Epidemiology Unit-Ministry of Health report an additional 1200 cases during the past week, bringing the total cases to 20,954...

Pennsylvania’s first probable human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) infection in 2016 has been detected in an Indiana County woman. The Departments of Health and Environmental Protection strongly recommend...

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In a follow-up report on the measles situation in Victoria, Australia, two additional cases have been confirmed concerning health officials that there were now multiple undetected cases in the community...

The Vermont Department of Health has confirmed the year’s first case of human illness due to West Nile virus. The Windsor County resident became ill in mid-June, and was diagnosed with West Nile neuroinvasive...

The Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH) is investigating a cluster of at least 12 cases of hepatitis A infection in adults on Oahu; six have required hospitalization. Onsets of illness have ranged...