People board cruise ships each year seeking relaxation, but some vessels are hiding filthy secrets below deck. The CDC ...

The Laredo Public Health Department issued a guidance to help prevent water-related injuries and illnesses during the summer months.

The rare condition is called Boerhaave syndrome, defined as a life-threatening, spontaneous rupture of the esophagus ...

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Vermont has the second lowest state fatality rate in the US (147.9 per 100K; Hawaii 113.5/100K). Mississippi (465.6/100K) and ...

Outbreaks of norovirus, E.coli and salmonella in our nation’s food supply often have consumers worried. While most foodborne ...

Don’t let your vacation go to ship — how to reduce your risk of norovirus, infectious diseases, food poisoning and more.

Acute gastroenteritis is the second greatest burden of all infectious diseases, and norovirus is responsible for almost a fifth of all acute gastroenteritis cases worldwide. 1 For healthy individuals, ...

A third case of measles has been confirmed in the commonwealth. According to the Virginia Department of Health, two of the ...

The vast majority of food poisonings are as a result of food being contaminated by microbes and their toxins. When you eat or ...

A family trio behind a Michelin-starred restaurant in Japan that had a steep fall from grace was arrested after nearly 80 ...

WHO also reported that global COVID-19 deaths keep declining. The VDH is no longer reporting COVID fatalities and cases in ...