What is an "outbreak" for measles? Dr. Catherine Troisi is an infectious disease epidemiologist with UT Health Houston School of Public Health, answering questions.

The multistate outbreak confirms health experts’ fears that the virus will take hold in other U.S. communities with low vaccination rates and that the spread could stretch on for a year.

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the ongoing mpox outbreak in Africa a global health emergency, the highest level of alarm under international health law. It follows a public ...

After a rise in cases throughout the last year, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is declaring an outbreak of hepatitis A. According to public health, hepatitis A cases tripled ...

Is there an mpox outbreak? Congo and surrounding countries have had worsening outbreaks since 2023. Just in 2024, central and eastern Africa have had over 17,000 infections and more than 500 ...

Outbreaks have been reported in Austria, Czechia, Hungary, and Slovakia, with apparent cross-border and person-to-person transmission. ... While Germany is not considered an affected country, ...

To let you discover for yourself, we simulated an outbreak of a hypothetical disease, about as contagious as the flu. (A lot less contagious than measles.) We’d like you to contain it.

In 2022, the United States declared monkeypox a public health emergency. It was part of an mpox outbreak that had reported cases spread across all fifty states.. Here's what you need to know about ...

Montana is the ninth U.S. state to have an active measles outbreak. The U.S. was up to 800 cases of measles nationwide on Friday. Texas is driving the high numbers, with an outbreak centered in ...

On Tuesday, it's expected that Africa CDC will announce that Mpox is a health emergency of "continental" concern. An outbreak in the DRC has spread to four countries that have never had Mpox.