For the fifth consecutive public update, the S.C. Department of Public Health had no new measles cases to report, clearing the way for the Spartanburg County-centered outbreak to officially end later ...

A measles outbreak in Washtenaw County has grown to seven cases, health officials confirmed Wednesday. The Washtenaw County Health Department on Wednesday confirmed the seventh case of measles in the ...

A meningitis outbreak in Kent has been caused by a strain of bacteria that appears to be genetically distinct from anything scientists have seen before. Health officials are working urgently to ...

The UK meningitis outbreak may worsen in coming weeks and months, with further contamination unrelated to the southeastern county of Kent where it first emerged. There is a risk that the epidemic will ...

Spartanburg County, South Carolina, is the center of the largest U.S. measles outbreak since 2000, with nearly 1,000 cases. The Centers for Disease Control is studying the outbreak to help public ...

One Wednesday this month, loud cries erupted from two teenage girls huddled over a cellphone in the parking lot of a local supermarket. They had just learned that a classmate at the private K-12 ...

Harlem Hospital ignored its own commitment to conduct weekly rapid testing that could have prevented the spread of Legionnaires' disease ahead of last summer’s deadly outbreak, according to documents ...

As quickly as it exploded earlier this year into the fastest-growing measles outbreak in decades, South Carolina’s infections are now dwindling toward what officials are hopeful is an end. Vigilance ...

Cruise ship virus outbreaks attract attention, in part because they are among the most closely monitored in the travel industry. This is what passengers should understand before setting sail. A string ...

Students at the University of Kent in the U.K. are calling for a shutdown in light of an active meningitis outbreak. The demands follow multiple alerts from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) about ...

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A measles outbreak that began at Ave Maria University in Collier County, Florida, appears to be slowing down. Collier County has reported 104 measles cases, which is the majority of the 132 cases ...