Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. The South Carolina measles outbreak is one of the largest in the United States in decades. It started with just ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI — Public health officials have confirmed a measles outbreak, after a third case was reported in Washtenaw County this month. A measles outbreak is defined as three or more related ...

Residents and students in Canterbury, where the outbreak was centered, said measures to contain the disease were both familiar and frightening. By Lynsey Chutel Reporting from Canterbury, England Much ...

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 ...

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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 ...

The number of meningitis cases being probed by UK authorities has risen to 27, health officials said Thursday, following an unprecedented deadly outbreak centered on a university. The UK Health ...

LONDON (AP) — A meningitis outbreak in southeast England has led to the deaths of a university student and a pupil from a nearby school, prompting public health officials to quickly roll out medical ...