Another April 25 has come and gone and the observance of World Malaria Day reveals that progress has essentially stalled in the battle against the vector-borne parasitic disease. The World Health Organization...

For the first time, Alaska health officials reported a case of the parasitic infection, angiostrongyliasis, aka rat lungworm disease. The case was in a traveler to Hawaii where it is endemic–18...

New cases There was a number of wild poliovirus and circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus cases reported this past week, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). In Afghanistan, three...

Pan-resistant superbugs, world travel, a love story and the use of a virus to treat a life-threatening infection–and its all absolutely true. The makings of a great book. On this week’s program,...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health notified UCLA earlier this week of a measles case in a student. School officials immediately identified and contacted students, faculty and staff with...

A first-of-its-kind study reveals malaria spending in 2016 totaled $4.3 billion globally, far short of the annual funding target of $6.6 billion set by the World Health Organization. “A persistent challenge...

Indiana University officials have reported three additional mumps cases at the IU Bloomington campus, bringing the outbreak total to 23 since Mar. 12. Symptoms of mumps may include: Swelling and tenderness...

Three additional confirmed measles cases have been reported in the metro Atlanta area, bringing the total cases in Georgia this year to six. The three individuals are all members of one family – none...

California state health officials are urging residents to make sure they are protected against measles, particularly those who plan to travel internationally. Since our last update on the measles situation...

Following a decline in notification rates in 2016, the number of gonorrhoea cases has gone up by 17% across the reporting EU/EEA countries with more than 89 000 confirmed diagnoses in 2017 – more...