Three quarantines for Strangles have been reported in different counties in Florida after horses tested positive for the bacterial infection. According to the Florida Department of Agriculture and...

Philippines health officials are reporting that the measles cases in the province of Quezon are now controlled. Health authorities said that as of 18 December, reports of measles cases in General Nakar...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)– a diverse group of communicable diseases that prevail in tropical and subtropical conditions in 149 countries –...

Hepatitis C is a virus (HCV) which can cause serious liver disease. In the early stage of infection, some people will have symptoms of illness including fever, nausea, abdominal pain, or jaundice; however,...

Michigan state health officials reported the first influenza-associated pediatric death of the 2018-2019 flu season in a child from Osceola County who was infected with influenza A/H1N1. According...

South Dakota state health officials are reporting the first confirmed acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) case of 2018. This comes a month after the South Dakota Department of Health announced investigating...

In a follow-up on the measles outbreak in Ocean County, New Jersey, health officials reported Friday that the case tally is now 33, up from 24 cases just a few short days ago. New Jersey health officials...

The Center for Public Health of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine reported this week that the total measles cases reported through mid-December is nearly 50,000 cases. New data shows (computer translated)...

Here are the top five posts on Outbreak News Today for the week Dec. 15 through Dec. 21: 5. Syphilis transmitted through semen? Researchers from the University of Washington suggest that Treponema...

Officials with the Norwegian Institute of Public Health report seeing an increase in listeriosis cases in December, prompting a warning for high-risk groups. According to an official notice Friday (computer...