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Whoever first said, “Children should be seen and not heard” probably got the idea on a red-eye flight. Ed Lawrence, an IT consultant,was on an overnight from San Francisco to Boston. Looking forward to six ..

The Texas Department of State Health Services has received reports of 101 Cyclosporiasiscases in Texas in the last two weeks, with a total of 113 cases this year.   The cause of the outbreak has not been determined. ..

The CDC is warning travellers that more than 35,700 cases of dengue fever have been reported in Malaysia in 2015. Dengue is a disease caused by dengue viruses and is transmitted to humans by an infected mosquito. ..

WHO report that there is an increase of cholera cases in Haiti this year, compared to the previous year.  There are over 15,000 people infected, according to NPR news.  The U.S. Department of State urges U.S. ..

On June 5, 2015 the CDC reported that there have been 36 confirmed cases of Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (MERS or MERS-CoV) in the Republic of Korea, and they were linked to healthcare facilities.The ..

The World Health Organization reports 665 cases of H7N9 flu globally from March 2013 to May 9, 2015, mostly from China. Avian influenza A (H7N9) is a flu virus found in birds that usually does not infect humans.  ..

Health Protection Scotland reports that in 2015 there have been 242 mumps cases in Scotland as of March 22, 2015.  The CDC urges travellers to Scotland to be sure they have been vaccinated against mumps before they ..

The vaccine for measles, mumps, and rubella does not cause autism according to the first large study of siblings of children with autism that took the vaccine. Dr. Anjali Jain of the Lewin Group in Falls Church, ..

The CDC is urging avoiding nonessential travel to Sierra Leone and Guinea because of ongoing Ebola outbreaks. Ebola is a lethal viral disease that is spread by direct contact with infected fluids, objects, and wild ..

The CDC has issued a warning advising US residents to avoid nonessential travel to Nepal.  The recent earthquake there has caused infrastructure damage which has led to problems with sanitation, clean water, and ..