Convoy of Hope sends trucks of water to Flint, Michigan
The Governor of Michigan, Rick Snyder, declared a state of emergency back in January and requested help from the federal government to provide clean water in Flint, after studies showed their water source was contaminated More...
Directed, narrated by Angela Bassett, ‘Water Apocalypse’ closes out Nat Geo’s ‘Breakthrough’
National Geographic Channel and GE presented the new series Breakthrough produced by Imagine Entertainment (Ron Howard and Brian Grazer) and conclude with Water Apocalypse, an episode narrated and directed by Angela More...
Flu shots: GSK begins shipping of 2014-15 U.S. flu vaccines, FLUARIX® QUADRIVALENT sent to U.S. healthcare providers
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced today it has begun shipping FLUARIX®QUADRIVALENT (Influenza Vaccine) doses to U.S. healthcare providers. This is the first shipment of GSK’s U.S. flu vaccine supply for the flu More...
Kansas measles cases rise to 11 after two new cases are reported in Sedgwick County
Just days after the Sedgwick County Health Department (SCHD) reported four cases of measles, mostly in employees of Sal’s Japanese Steakhouse in Wichita, KS, health authorities have announced two additional More...
Kansas reports Naegleria fowleri death in Johnson County resident
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has been notified of a fatal case of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) caused by Naegleria fowleri, a free-living amoeba found in freshwater, in a resident More...
Another ‘brain-eating amoeba’ death reported in Pakistan, 3rd of the year in Karachi
For the third time in a month, a man from Pakistan’s largest city has succumbed to the “brain-eating amoeba”, Naegleria fowleri. According to a Samaa TV report, the 32-year-old man died at a private More...
Legionnaires’ disease in baby linked to heated birthing pool
A case of Legionnaires’ disease identified in a baby born in heated birthing pool has prompted English health officials to temporarily advise against the home use of birthing pools with built-in heaters and More...
Hurricane preparedness: Emergency supply kits
Hurricane season in the Atlantic began June 1st and ends November 30th each year. While the National Hurricane Center does a yeoman’s job of keeping us informed of the creation of storms in the Atlantic, More...
Pakistan reports second ‘brain-eating amoeba’ death of 2014
For the second time in two weeks and the second time this year, Pakistani health officials are reporting a “brain-eating amoeba” death in a Karachi-area resident. Pakistan map Photo/CIA Pakistani news More...
Pakistan reports Naegleria fowleri death in Karachi man
Pakistan, which recorded an outbreak of the “brain-eating” amoeba, Naegleria fowleri in 2012, which killed 10 people, has recorded it’s first case and fatality in 2014 in a man from Karachi, More...
Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak affects 37 people in 18 states, linked to frozen mice
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today the investigation of a multistate Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak that has sickened 37 people in 18 states since the beginning of the year. Epidemiologic, More...
CDC: DeSoto Parish water tests negative for Naegleria after uping chlorine levels
In a follow-up to a report where Louisiana officials raised the chlorine levels in the DeSoto Parish water system after the ameba, Naegleria fowleri was discovered in the water, the state Department of Health and More...
The Top 10 Infectious Disease and Outbreak News stories of 2013
2013 was a year full of impactful infectious disease stories with outbreaks of diseases not before seen in humans, diseases seen in new parts of the planet and miracle stories of survivors. Drugs not approved in More...
Hepatitis E outbreak in Tanzania
Since late August, there has been 690 acute febrile illness cases with no deaths reported in the southeast African country of Tanzania. Image/CIA Most of the patients attended to presented with headache, high More...
Man contracts ‘brain-eating ameba’ via ritual nasal rinsing in US Virgin Islands: Case study
Many people perform ritual nasal rinsing. This practice is included in Yogic, Ayurvedic, and Islamic traditions. Within the Islamic faith, ritual nasal rinsing is included in a cleansing process called “wudu” More...
Louisiana to raise chlorine levels in drinking water in response to finding Naegleria fowleri in water system
In an effort to control the amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, in the drinking water systems in Louisiana, The Department of Health and Hospitals on Wednesday issued an emergency rule requiring that water systems in the More...
Nigeria cholera outbreak grows: 1,623 cases and 86 deaths
The outbreak of cholera is growing and expanding in the west African country of Nigeria as the bacterial disease is being reported in higher numbers from more states. Vibrio choleraeImage/CDC/ Janice Carr According More...
Mexico cholera outbreak rises to 159 cases, majority from Hidalgo
In a follow up to a report earlier this month, the cholera outbreak in Mexico has increased significantly in the past week or so, according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Vibrio choleraeImage/CDC/ More...
Louisiana recommends increasing chlorine levels as citizens petition for safe water
In a follow-up to a story Wednesday, officials with the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) announced that they are monitoring certain public drinking water systems to determine if they have residual More...
Louisiana: Naegleria fowleri confirmed in DeSoto Parish water system
A month after 4-year-old Drake Smith Jr in Louisiana died from the deadly, “brain-eating amoeba”, Naegleria fowleri, while visiting a home in St. Bernard Parish in Louisiana and after the Centers More...
