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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A child has become the first death from measles in the U.S. since 2015, but what should you know about the virus and its spread?. The death was connected to an outbreak in West Texas, which has ...

“Outbreaks ranging in size from seven to 33 cases occurred in Washington in 2001, 2004, 2008, and 2014,” Johnson said. “In 2015, one outbreak occurred with six cases, one of which was fatal.

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.