Russian authorities reported earlier this week that an employee at a lab in Siberia that studies plague and other infectious ...

The Ebola virus caused by the Bundibugyo strain has spread to two new health zones in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). New cases were found in ...

Federal health investigators are jointly probing a new E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that has sickened 25 people across multiple states, according to a September 24 update tracked under FDA reference ...

New research on 58,319 infection records finds the geography of emerging disease tracks healthcare access more than deforestation or climate change ...

A nasty flea-borne disease making a comeback in Los Angeles has hospitalized six people in a new outbreak. Health officials are investigating the latest outbreak of flea-borne typhus in the Wilshire ...

As the outbreak grows to more than 700 confirmed cases, the largest in the country, some people remain opposed to vaccines and others are rushing to get the shots. By Pooja Salhotra Mark Bonamo and ...

The Pennsylvania health department said it was requesting emergency support from the US CDC as it grapples with one of the country's largest and most deadly measles outbreaks, according to a document ...

As US measles cases climb into the thousands, immigration has become part of the political debate over the cause. Outbreak data point to a more complex picture involving international travel, ...

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Public-health officials declared an end to a cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce that spread across the U.S. this summer. The outbreak has resulted in a total of 12,883 reported cases of ...

The nation’s largest-ever outbreak of cyclospora illnesses is over, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. The CDC made the announcement in a food safety alert, citing a ...

The cyclospora food poisoning outbreak linked to recalled iceberg lettuce is over, U.S. health officials said Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there is no longer a risk of ...