NewsDesk @bactiman63 Health officials in St. Louis County, Missouri are advising the public to discard recently purchased oysters from The Fruit Stand & Seafood, 14433 Manchester Road in Manchester...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on a report from July 8, the Des Moines Register reports that a Missouri resident who contracted the “brain-eating amoeba”, Naegleria fowleri after swimming...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Missouri state health officials has been notified of a Missouri resident with a laboratory-confirmed infection of Naegleria fowleri. Naegleria fowleri is a microscopic single-celled...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The City of St. Louis reports over the last five years, the St. Louis region has seen a sharp increase in cases of syphilis and specifically congenital syphilis, which can have devastating...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Kansas City Health Department (KCHD) and Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) announced Saturday a single probable monkeypox case in a Kansas City, Missouri,...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services (DHSS) announced today the state’s first case of the SARS-CoV-2 variant named Omicron (B.1.1.529). “Although...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating...

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Missouri Poison Center The Missouri Poison Center says it has been receiving an uptick in calls about ivermectin consumption, leading to some dangerous side effects. Most calls...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Missouri agriculture officials have confirmed the first finding of an Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) in Missouri. Missouri becomes the 16th state...