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 ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) is reporting 27 new cases of measles in the state since Friday. The new cases bring the total number of cases ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Six Americans have died and more than 20 others have been sickened in a growing listeria outbreak linked to prepackaged pasta meals. It is upsetting, but not surprising. I worked on food safety at the ...

The great hardcore-centric festival Outbreak returns to Manchester, England for its 15th year next June. Today they've unveiled their initial 2026 lineup, and unsurprisingly, it turns out that ...

State health officials are conducting a contact investigation and warn of potential community spread. Measles is a highly contagious virus that can cause severe complications, especially in young ...

Up to 20 people — or nearly three times the official count — may have died in the city’s latest Legionnaires outbreak because of misdiagnoses, according to the lawyer for four fatal victims who filed ...

Federal officials are investigating two new foodborne illness outbreaks, but have not yet been able to identify a source of the pathogens. One outbreak, from Salmonella Lomalinda, has sickened 30 ...

The number of confirmed patients in several foodborne outbreaks has increased during the past week. The Food and Drug Administration is currently investigating nine outbreaks caused by parasites and ...