The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) has identified the likely source of the current measles outbreak in Cobb County. Five previously unreported cases of measles in one family in Cobb County...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the measles situation in Cobb County, Georgia, state health officials confirmed three additional cases of measles in Cobb County residents. At least...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Georgia state health officials have confirmed a measles case in a unvaccinated Cobb County resident. The individual may have exposed others between Oct. 31- Nov. 6. The Georgia...

The Georgia Department of Health identified the state’s first death from a vaping-associated illness. The patient had a history of heavy nicotine vaping, but no reported history of vaping THC. To date,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Macon, GA report a possible rabies exposure that occurred at a Aug. 3 event. Anyone who attended the “Raccoon or Kitten?” event at The Village...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak linked to the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) reports 11 lab-confirmed...

By: Candess Zona-Mendola of MakeFoodSafe The Georgia Department of Public Health reports that case counts are up to 10 now in the outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease linked to the downtown Atlanta Sheraton...

By: Candess Zona-Mendola of MakeFoodSafe As of today, 6 cases of Legionnaires’ disease have been linked to the Sheraton Downtown Atlanta Hotel. Following news of the hotel’s shut down last week, the...

By NewsDesk   @infectiousdiseasenews Georgia state health officials are reporting an additional confirmed case of measles in an unvaccinated metro Atlanta resident who recently traveled overseas. The...

By Jory Lange The CDC reports that 196 people have been infected with the same outbreak strain of E. coli O103. That’s 19 more people since the last update, on April 26th.   10 states have been affected...