How COVID-19 Could Affect the 2020 Presidential Election
COVID-19 is the keyword of 2020. People are talking about it around dinner tables, over their Zoom meetings, in the news, and everywhere else. It isn’t just about keeping yourself safe and healthy, though. More...
Florida: Hepatitis A outbreak tops 3,000, Pinellas and Pasco report the most
By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The hepatitis A outbreak in Florida increased by 49 cases last week, bringing the state total since Jan. 1, 2018 to 3,009–only the third state to eclipse the 3,000 case mark More...
Monkeypox increases in Africa raise concerns
The recent apparent increase in human monkeypox cases across a wide geographic area, the potential for further spread, and the lack of reliable surveillance have raised the level of concern for this emerging zoonosis. Monkeypox/CDC In More...
Ebola update: Historic outbreak continues spinning out of control, 100 new cases reported
The West Africa Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak has now nearly tripled the previous largest outbreak (Uganda 2000-2001, which had 425 cases) and it seems that it is truly out of control. This is rather unusual More...
Dozens of new Ebola cases and deaths reported in West Africa, Sierra Leone’s Dr. Khan still alive according to health ministry
The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak has increased both in cases and fatalities during recent days according to the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa today. Between 18 – 20 July 2014, 45 More...
Minnesota health officials investigate E. coli O111 outbreak, advise patrons of Applebee’s
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is investigating 13 cases of foodborne illness associated with a type of E. coli bacteria known as E. coli O111. This form of E. coli is in the same family as the more More...
Ebola outbreak in West Africa: MSF says ‘We have reached our limits’
The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak, which saw it’s beginnings in February 2014, has grown and spread to become the largest and deadliest outbreak of the lethal virus since first seen in Zaire in 1976. More...
Fifty new salmonella cases reported linked to Foster Farms chicken
In a follow up to an April report, the multistate Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak that began some 14 months ago, has grown by another 50 cases during the past six weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control More...
Chikungunya: More cases reported in St. Vincent, Haiti records first cases
The chikungunya outbreak continues to expand, as the head of the Caribbean Public Health Authority (CARPHA), Dr James Hospedales declared yesterday that the virus has reached epidemic proportions. Hospedales said, “By More...
Update: E. coli O157 outbreak rises to 11 in Scotland
In a follow-up to a story yesterday, The Public Health Protection Unit of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has reported four additional E. coli O157 cases in the current outbreak linked to burgers sold at More...
Chikungunya in the Caribbean: The latest numbers from the ECDC
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) released the latest numbers today from the chikungunya outbreak spreading in the Caribbean. As of 9 January 2014, the following number of cases has More...
Salmonella outbreak linked to Foster Farms chicken tops 400 cases
In their first update in a month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the latest numbers associated with Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak linked to Foster Farms chicken products Wednesday. According More...
E.coli outbreak linked to Brisbane Ekka climb, at least eight cases confirmed
Several days after the initial alert from Queensland Health concerning Shiga toxin producing E.Coli (STEC) infections after visiting the Ekka, the case count continues to grow, according to a Perth Now report More...
Multistate Salmonella outbreak linked to live poultry from Privett Hatchery in New Mexico
A Portales, New Mexico business has been identified the source of a nationwide Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 316 people in 37 states, according to the New Mexico Department of Health today. Persons infected More...
Multistate hepatitis A outbreak climbs to 122 cases
The outbreak of hepatitis A linked to Townsend Farms berry mix has grown to 122 confirmed cases according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today. This is up from 113 confirmed cases reported More...
Eleven more cases of bird flu reported in China brings total to 71
Chinese health officials have reported 11 new confirmed cases of human H7N9 avian influenza since the last update, bringing the total cases to 71, according to a Xinhua report today. Image/CIA Infections were confirmed More...
Salmonella outbreak in Auburn day care center not food-related according to health officials
At least four children who attend an Auburn, AL daycare have contracted Salmonella infections during the past several weeks, prompting health officials in Lee County to investigate. Milestones Learning Center in More...
E. coli outbreak in Upstate New York sickens 10
At least 10 people, mostly from the Finger Lakes region of New York State, have been sickened with E. coli since August from a still unknown source. Image/CDC Nine of the victims are from Livingston County and More...
Iowa health officials report an 350% increase in whooping cough cases in 2012
The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) reported Friday that the state has seen 485 pertussis cases so far in 2012. This is up dramatically from the five-year average of 108 cases for the same time frame. Photo More...
