Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes ...

Oropouche virus poses a growing public health risk, with recent outbreaks in Brazil and Cuba. The WHO report calls for urgent ...

A dominant strain of norovirus is emerging, which could disrupt the seasonal pattern and increase the number of outbreaks, a June 2 CDC report suggests. Here’s what to know: 1. In previous years, the ...

Candidate vaccine viruses (CVVs) for all H5 subtypes are stockpiled, helping to shorten response times to outbreaks ... are no longer recommended for monotherapy due to drug resistance, but ...

Fang added it’s not uncommon for people to get the virus more than once. Last Thursday, 44 people were absent due ... s no specific treatment for it.” An investigation confirmed the outbreak ...

Health authorities in Mexico and the U.S. have identified matching viral strains in all three outbreaks, including Canada’s. “The virus was imported ... is primarily due to declining ...

More than 60 people fell sick in a food handler-related norovirus outbreak ... due to lack of organization. Other issues included sinks in the staff toilets too small to allow effective ...

Both children were unvaccinated and had no underlying health ... Together with Texas, the measles outbreak has grown to 741 cases. Measles is a highly contagious virus that spreads mostly among ...

The U.S. measles outbreak ... outbreak due to reporting delays. Measles is a highly contagious viral infection that spreads through coughing and sneezing. According to the CDC, the virus can ...

But a review of state data indicates there’s no decline yet in the pace ... One concern is that the Texas outbreak may be much larger than it appears, due to a lack of testing.

Measles, a highly contagious virus that can be deadly, was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, meaning there was no continuous ... in cases and outbreaks, mainly due to declining vaccination ...

The child was not vaccinated and had no reported underlying ... anyone who is not protected against the virus, state health authorities said. During an outbreak, about 1 in 5 children who get ...