Articles about Disease Outbreaks

Local health officials in Keizer, Oregon, are warning residents of two new measles exposure sites identified in the area. The sites were confirmed after a person infected with measles visited the locations, putting others at risk of contracting the highly contagious disease. First Exposure Site: Gro...

A chilling reminder that the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus is alive and well in the United States has sent shockwaves across the country. The New York State Department of Health has confirmed its first locally acquired case of the virus in six years, leaving experts scrambling to understand the f...