By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Florida Department of Health reported five additional Vibrio vulnificus cases this week in Brevard, Charlotte, Franklin, Polk and Volusia counties. This brings...

Mecklenburg County, NC health officials say that nearly half of the 100 attendees of an East Charlotte cookout last weekend have sought medical care for “complaints of stomach problems”. While...

The Mecklenburg County Public Health is warning the public of a possible hepatitis A exposure to patrons of the Charlotte Hardees on  Little Rock Road between June 13 and 23. A worker there was diagnosed...

In response to the death of Ohio teen, Lauren Seitz last week from primary amoebic encephalitis (PAM) after contracting the parasite, Naegleria fowleri, the Charlotte area U.S. National Whitewater Center,...

Mecklenberg County health officials announced this week that recent test results by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and local health officials show the presence of the amoeba, Naegleria...

In a follow-up to the reports on the death of Ohio teen, Lauren Seitz from primary amebic meningoencephalitis suspected of being contracted in Charlotte, North Carolina (HERE and HERE), the US National...

In a follow-up to the report of an Ohio 18-year-old woman who contracted and died from the very lethal parasitic amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, officials with the Mecklenburg County Health Department in North...

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced the first case of Zika virus infection in a North Carolina resident. The case was confirmed in an adult person who has recently traveled...

Earlier this week, local media reported some 55 patrons and employees developed symptoms similar to norovirus that caused the Cowfish Sushi Bar and Grill to close Saturday. Now, the owners of the popular...

The Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), or “nightmare bacteria” as CDC director Dr Tom Frieden once called them, is not unique to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, despite...