In an effort to fight a hepatitis A outbreak, Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer and the County of San Diego are taking meaningful actions that include providing free vaccinations, distributing educational materials...

Environmental Public Health in Edmonton is investigating an outbreak of Salmonella, linked to food served by one restaurant booth at the recent Edmonton Folk Music Festival. There have been 19 lab-confirmed...

Chicago health officials announced the investigation into a Salmonella outbreak linked to Best BBQ restaurant in the city’s Morgan Park community. The outbreak has affected 14 people, with six...

Vaccination efforts made in the world’s poorest countries since 2001 will have prevented 20 million deaths and saved $350 billion in health-care costs by 2020, according to a new study from the University...

In a follow-up on the multistate Salmonella outbreak linked to Maradol papayas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports an additional 28 cases, bringing the total to 201. Sixty...

The University of Liverpool is part of an international team of scientists that have identified the climatic risks for dengue disease outbreaks, with a new study undertaken in India. This was achieved...

India has seen a huge increase in cases and deaths from Influenza A (H1N1) through Aug 2017 compared to last year, according to data from the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP). Through...

Leptospirosis The number of leptospirosis cases are up more than 70 percent in the Philippines this year to date, according to the latest data from the Department of Health. Since the beginning of the...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services confirmed the state’s first human cases of West Nile virus (WNV) for 2017.  Four cases of WNV have been confirmed; two residents of Montcalm County,...