A highly contagious disease is alarmingly on the rise in one US state. Cases of dysentery, also called shigellosis, are ...

Most of the measles cases reported so far this year are in Texas, where health officials are trying to clamp down on a ...

Palmetto High School is the first person in Florida confirmed to have measles, the highly contagious respiratory disease.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a Travel Health Notice for the "highly contagious virus outbreak" - ...

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A measles outbreak in Texas’ South Plains neared 100 cases Friday, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services ...

The first case of measles has been reported in Pennsylvania. A local medical director is recommending people get vaccinated, especially children. According to Dr. Graham Synder at UPMC Hamot, ...

Measles is a highly contagious respiratory illness spread by contact with an infected person through coughing and sneezing.

When norovirus comes knocking, no one is safe. The highly contagious bug affects people of all ages and is so infectious that it impacts nearly four million people in the UK every year. The latest UK ...

The Vanderburgh County Health Department is asking people to get vaccinated against measles as outbreaks are being seen in the United States.

A "highly contagious virus outbreak" is currently affecting 57 countries. The US based "Centers for Disease Control and ...