NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews On Wednesday, the Ingham County Health Department (ICHD) and Michigan State University (MSU) were informed of a case of meningococcal (bacterial) meningitis in a non-MSU...

The University Health Service with the University of Michigan reported three mumps cases in students on the Ann Arbor campus. University Health Service is working with multiple campus partners, Michigan...

A new study suggests that most people with acute conjunctivitis, or pinkeye, are getting the wrong treatment. About 60 percent of patients nationwide are prescribed antibiotic eye drops, even though antibiotics...

It’s one of the most common immune-mediated diseases in the U.S., causing red, patchy and scaly marks on the skin. Yet the 1 to 2 percent of the population who have psoriasis are still left to wonder...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $10 million to a consortium of Midwestern universities to establish a new research and training program to stem the spread of disease carried...

Health officials in Washtenaw County, MI have confirmed a measles case in an adult resident with a recent history of international travel. The individual is receiving medical treatment after being seen...

Long before Zika virus made it a household word, the birth defect called microcephaly puzzled scientists and doctors — even as it changed the lives of the babies born with it during the pre-Zika...

Countries that implement government-mandated vaccinations for chickenpox see a sharp drop in the number of Google searches for the common childhood disease afterward, demonstrating that immunization significantly...

Parents who do not get their children flu shots rate flu vaccine less favorably than other childhood vaccines, a national poll finds. Fifty-nine percent of parents whose child did not receive the flu vaccine...

The outbreak of gastrointestinal illness at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor campus has been confirmed to have been caused by norovirus, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. More...