By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization (WHO) reported earlier this week: In American Samoa, from 3 January 2020 to 5:20pm CEST, 17 September 2021, there have been 0 confirmed...

New research recently published in the journal, The Lancet Infectious Diseases identifies the 25 counties in the US most at risk for a measles outbreak. Topping the list includes Cook County, Il, Los...

The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) continues to investigate an increasing number of cases of mumps infection statewide. As of Nov. 9, 557 confirmed cases of mumps have been reported in 2017...

Hawaii state health officials have reported 500 mumps cases, including a dozen complications (e.g., orchitis, hearing loss) in 2017 prompting recommendations for an additional “outbreak MMR dose”...

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) scientists have discovered that severe birth defects related to infection with the Zika virus (ZIKV) occurred much earlier than...

The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed an additional case of hepatitis A in an Oahu food service worker. The infected case is an employee at McDonald’s of Kahala, located at 4618 Kilauea...

On Tuesday,  The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) today confirmed an additional case of hepatitis A in an Oahu food service worker. The infected case is an employee at Harbor Restaurant at Pier...

In a follow-up to a report Tuesday on the hepatitis A outbreak in Hawaii, health officials report an additional 38 cases bringing the outbreak total to 206. Findings of the investigation suggest that the...

Hawaii health officials are reporting an additional confirmed hepatitis A case in a Oahu food service worker Friday. The individual worked at Tamashiro Market, located at 802 N. King St. in Honolulu....

In a follow-up to a report one week ago, Hawaii state health officials are reporting an additional case of measles, this one in Honolulu, bringing the state total to 12 in the current outbreak. The most...