Syracuse University: Mumps cases prompt cancellation of fall lacrosse events
Officials with Syracuse University announced Friday that its men’s and women’s lacrosse teams will not participate in fall season events due to a current mumps outbreak among players. Mumps virus/CDC Since More...
South Carolina officials confirm mumps at Winthrop University
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) reported confirming a mumps case connected to Winthrop University in Rock Hill this week. Officials said anyone who resided in or visited More...
Measles in the US: 288 cases reported so far this year, most cases in two decades
PRESS RELEASE Two hundred and eighty-eight cases of measles were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States between Jan. 1 and May 23, 2014. This is the largest number More...
Two UW-Milwaukee students are the latest mumps cases, Wisconsin total now 20
Following the seven cases of the contagious viral disease, mumps, on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the case reported in a UW-La Crosse student last month, CBS 58 news is reporting today More...
University of Illinois at Urbana: Mumps diagnosed in about a dozen students
In a follow-up to a story earlier this week, the McKinley Health Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign says they have diagnosed mumps in about a dozen students since their return to studies following More...
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: The latest school to experience a mumps outbreak
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s McKinley Health Center says that up to 10 people (nine students and one staff member) have been clinically diagnosed with the mumps since returning from More...
Measles outbreak strikes NYC, 16 cases reported in northern Manhattan, the Bronx
The New York City Health Department announced today that it has identified 16 cases of measles in northern Manhattan and the Bronx. Measles rashImage/CDC Seven adult cases and 9 pediatric cases have been identified More...
Mumps outbreak at Ohio State
The Columbus (OH) Health Department is reporting a outbreak of the viral disease, mumps on the campus of the Ohio State University, according to a WBNS-10TV report today. Image/Video Screen Shot At least seven students, More...
Syria polio update: Three more cases confirmed, total now 13
In a follow-up to a report two weeks ago, the number of confirmed cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) have increased by three in the Syrian Arab Republic, bringing the total cases confirmed in the war-torn More...
Egypt records more than 800 mumps cases since September
There has been 838 cases of the viral infection, mumps reported in Egypt since September says one Egyptian health expert in a Egypt Independent report Sunday. Image/CIA According to Dr. Amr Qandil, head of the More...
University of Richmond issues health advisory after several students contract mumps
The University of Richmond alerted faculty, staff and students Monday after the Henrico County Health Department identified multiple laboratory-confirmed cases of mumps among University of Richmond students, More...
Ear infections the number one cause of hearing loss globally
Ear infections and vaccine preventable infectious diseases are considered the number one causes of hearing loss, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) media release in time for International Ear Care More...
