In a follow-up to the mumps outbreak among students and staff at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, the school is reporting that the number of mumps cases on campus is over 100, nearly doubling in the...

With the addition of four autochthonous cases Friday, Hawaii health officials now put the state’s dengue fever outbreak at 23. Of the confirmed case, 15 are Hawaii residents and 8 are visitors....

A Napa Valley man underwent emergency surgery recently to remove a tapeworm larvae that lodged in his brain that doctors said would have been life-threatening within 30 minutes, according to local media. Luis...

The number of autochthonous, or “locally acquired” dengue fever cases in Hawaii continue to rise a week after the Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) confirmed the first cases last week. As...

In a follow-up report to the E. coli outbreak in the Portland Metro area and a number of counties in Washington possibly linked to Chipotle restaurants, the total case count has nearly doubled from 22...

In a follow-up to a report last week concerning locally acquired cases of dengue fever in Hawaii, state health officials now put the case tally at 10. Officials have identified at least one dengue “hotspot”in...

The contagious viral disease, mumps, has been seen in high levels, particularly on the campuses of several Midwestern universities this year to include the University of Iowa and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign...

Health authorities in Weld County, Colorado have confirmed three cases of typhoid fever among individuals who had eaten at a restaurant in Firestone in August, two which required hospitalization for their...

Indiana state health officials are urging healthcare providers to educate patients about their risks of syphilis and to be aggressive about testing and treatment following a sharp increase in the number...

Some 43 Chipotle restaurants in several counties in Oregon and Washington have been closed while health officials investigate an outbreak of Shiga toxin E. coli that has sickened 22 people, hospitalizing...