Chili’s and Maggiano’s parent company Brinker International has updated its animal welfare standards to include a commitment to working toward elimination of the use of medically important antibiotics...

Here’s a snapshot at some infectious disease outbreaks in Africa: Plague in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) The DRC Ministry of Health reported four deceased suspected cases of pneumonic...

El Paso County Public Health in Colorado have reported a dog that tested positive for rabies and say individuals and animals who have been exposed to the rabid dog have been assessed by health officials and...

Nigerian health officials reported 23 new confirmed Lassa fever cases in the past week, bringing the outbreak total to 495 confirmed positive since the beginning of the year. The new case were reported...

Syphilis After reporting more than 5,500 syphilis cases in 2017 and more than 6,000 last year, the most cases in decades, 2019 is shaping up to be another rough year with the serious sexually transmitted...

After reporting 16 new Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases on Mar.22 and 23, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) health ministry officials now put the outbreak total over 1,000 cases. Six new cases were...

In this 2015 interview from the radio show, I talk to the owner at TickEase, Inc., Daniel “Tick Man Dan” Wolff who gives a primer on ticks, including tick prevention and removal. Visit Dan’s...

Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the Ten threats to global health in 2019 and among the ten is vaccine hesitancy. WHO states: Vaccine hesitancy – the reluctance or refusal...

Health officials in Arkansas continue to report a hepatitis A outbreak, particularly in the northeast counties. Since February 2018, 303 cases and at least 3 deaths have been reported as part of this...

Dengue in Calabarzon Health officials in the Calabarzon region report intensifying its anti-dengue campaign as numbers rise in the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, and Quezon provinces. The Regional Epidemiology...