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 ...

There were no new measles cases in South Carolina in the latest update from the Department of Public Health on March 31, drawing the worst outbreak in decades toward an end. The update leaves the ...

A measles outbreak in Washtenaw County has grown to seven cases, health officials confirmed Wednesday. The Washtenaw County Health Department on Wednesday confirmed the seventh case of measles in the ...

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 ...

Spartanburg County, South Carolina, is the center of the largest U.S. measles outbreak since 2000, with nearly 1,000 cases. The Centers for Disease Control is studying the outbreak to help public ...

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 ...

A wave of bacterial meningitis has shaken southern England, raising fears of an outbreak on US soil. This week, Southern England was rocked by what health officials called an “explosive” wave of ...

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 ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. “If someone who is exposed to these bacteria travels to the United States, there’s the possibility of the outbreak strain ...