The Tennessee Department of Health, in alignment with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is issuing polio vaccination guidance for individuals planning travel to and from 10 countries where...

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is voluntarily recalling several in-store baked desserts that may contain fresh peaches, nectarines, and/or plums. The fruit was supplied by California-based Wawona Packing Company,...

Health officials in north-central Colorado are advising the public to take certain precautions against the bacterial infection, tularemia, after at least one human case and four animal cases have been...

As of July 14, 2014, a total of 25 ill persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Newport (16 persons), Salmonella Hartford (7 persons), or Salmonella Oranienburg (2 persons) have...

Dallas County, Texas health officials have confirmed the first two human cases of  West Nile virus (WNV) infection in Dallas County for the 2014 season. One resident lives in the 75019 zip code and...

Pinpointing the source of a salmonella outbreak may soon take less time and be more accurate, thanks to next generation DNA sequencing techniques being used at the New York State Department of Health’s...

Six more Hoosiers have tested positive for the chikungunya virus, making a total of seven reported cases in the state. The majority of individuals have confirmed travel to the Caribbean, including four...

Texas Department of State Health Services has issued a measles health alert after being notified by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment that more than 30 Texas residents may have been exposed...

In a follow-up to a story last week of a Colorado man and his pet dog who contracted plague, The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has identified three additional Colorado residents...

Kansas health officials warn the public of possible measles exposures Thursday at a softball tournament and a Wichita restaurant. A softball tournament at  the South Lakes Sports Complex  in Wichita...