By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Montana state and local public health officials are reporting the season’s first human West Nile Virus (WNV) cases. The cases, reported in Custer and Lewis and Clark...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Scores of measles cases were reported during the past week in Auckland, New Zealand as health officials now report 778 confirmed cases through today. Children under...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Rhode Island health officials are reporting a human Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) case in a resident from West Warwick. This is the first human EEE case in the...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In this weeks episode of Outbreak News Across the Globe (ONATG), I look at the latest on the measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Asia, I talk...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with Ottawa Public Health report the sexually transmitted infection, syphilis, is making a comeback. As reported in the Ottawa Citizen, syphilis has seen...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews West Nile virus The number of human West Nile virus (WNV) in the Las Vegas area has increased to 36, according to the latest information from the Southern Nevada...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Lake County, FL health officials are reminding the public to avoid contact with wild and stray animals to protect themselves from the risk of rabies exposure after...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In August 2019 to date, the Bangladesh Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has reported 50,974 dengue fever cases. What makes this even more astounding is...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported an additional 235 Salmonella cases in the past month to the investigation several multistate outbreaks...

By Jory Lange The Milwaukee Journal Sentinal reports, “Outpost Natural Foods’ main kitchen in Bay View remains closed as it searches for the source of Salmonella contamination that has sickened...