October 16, 2017 State of emergency clears way for California to purchase more hepatitis A vaccines California is expected to place an order for more hepatitis A vaccines after Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency on Friday to combat the deadly outbreak.
October 16, 2017 Fatal Madagascar plague appears to have spread to Seychelles, WHO says A probable case of plague in the Seychelles, imported from Madagascar, is believed to have sparked the Indian Ocean country's first outbreak of the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
October 11, 2017 Fatal plague outbreak in Madagascar: Pneumonic plague has health officials scrambling Officials are struggling to contain a widespread and deadly outbreak of the plague that’s been wreaking havoc in Madagascar since late August.
October 9, 2017 Cholera claims unborn children as epidemic spreads Yemen misery One of the latest victims of the cholera epidemic that has killed more than 2,000 people in Yemen had yet to even take her first breath.
October 6, 2017 Paramedics authorized to give vaccines amid San Diego hepatitis A outbreak Amid warnings from health officials that it could take years to rid of California’s deadly hepatitis A outbreak, San Diego has granted paramedics the authority to administer vaccines to the area’s at-risk populations.
September 29, 2017 Florida student dies hours after visiting school health clinic Florida school officials said they do not believe a sixth-grade student who died after visiting a campus health clinic on Wednesday had a highly contagious illness, but still urge parents to watch their own children for any signs of potential sickness.
September 27, 2017 West Nile virus case confirmed in Mississippi Health officials in Mississippi are confirming a human case of West Nile Virus.
September 27, 2017 Dartmouth student diagnosed with mumps Health officials confirmed on Wednesday that a Dartmouth College student has a case of the mumps and has been placed in isolation.
September 27, 2017 Hantavirus outbreak kills 3 in Washington, sickens 2 others Five people have been stricken with the rare, rodent-borne hantavirus illness in Washington state since February, three of whom have died, in the state's worst outbreak of the disease in at least 18 years, public health officials reported on Thursday.
September 27, 2017 Measles outbreak kills 35 across Europe A measles outbreak has killed 35 people across Europe in the past year, with the World Health Organization (WHO) calling the deaths an “unacceptable tragedy.”