At least 20 people have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. Raw oysters have been linked to an ongoing salmonella outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on ...

South Carolina is facing a major measles outbreak, resulting in the quarantine of hundreds of residents. The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) reported in a media briefing on Wednesday ...

At least 254 people are in quarantine in South Carolina after the state confirmed more than two dozen new cases of measles over the weekend, according to local health officials. As of Tuesday, the ...

For two days in early December, Denis Fedotov’s nine-year-old son had red spots on his face and a high fever. The boy was infected with measles – a disease that in 2000 was declared eradicated in the ...

A measles outbreak that began in South Carolina at the start of October is showing no signs of slowing as officials on Tuesday reported 27 new cases since Friday. Those cases bring the outbreak total ...

The measles outbreak in South Carolina has worsened significantly with 27 new infections, the Department of Public Health reported Dec. 9, more than double any previous update. The state now has one ...

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KINGSTON, Nov 21 - Jamaica has declared an outbreak of the bacterial disease leptospirosis, suspected of causing six deaths, following the devastation from Hurricane Melissa in late October. The ...

Ethiopia confirmed its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease after sending samples from a cluster of suspected cases of viral hemorrhagic fever for testing earlier this week. The virus is the same ...

Ethiopia on Friday confirmed its first Marburg outbreak after nine cases were identified in a southern region of the country that borders South Sudan. The World Health Organization Director-General ...

Health officials say six deaths and 27 illnesses across 18 states are now linked to a listeria outbreak tied to prepared pasta meals sold at major grocery chains including Kroger and Trader Joe's. The ...

A dose of the measles vaccine is seen at the Logan Square Health Center in Chicago on May 9, 2019. A dose of the measles vaccine is seen at the Logan Square Health Center in Chicago on May 9, ...