In the average year, anywhere from five- to twenty-percent of the U.S. population will get the flu. The most effective way to decrease that percentage
Author: Jane Huston
An outbreak of listeriosis has spread from a few cases in Colorado in August to 35 cases across 10 states with four confirmed deaths,
On 5 Sept. the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) revealed recently completed research indicating the parasitic infection babesiosis as a growing threat to the blood
On September 2nd, the CDC and the Pennsylvania Department of Health announced 2 similar cases of novel influenza A. Both cases, one in Pennsylvania
After a six year absence, the St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) has reappeared in Florida. On August 31, Pinellas County officials confirmed that four
On September 3, the WHO will officially declare the Compostela Valley province free of lymphatic filariasis (LF). Compostela Valley will be the first province in
Salmonellosis has swept the nation, with 76 illnesses and 1 death identified across 26 states. Beginning March 9 and continuing into August, the U.S. Department
Today is World Hepatitis Day. Since 2008, World Hepatitis Day has worked to increase public and media interest through thousands of events worldwide. Hepatitis is
A mysterious disease continues to grow in three African countries, including recently independent South Sudan. Nodding syndrome, named for the uncontrollable nodding that occurs, impairs
Cholera continues to affect the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 192 deaths and over 3,000 cases reported by the United Nations. The outbreak began in