Hantaviruses are not exotic. Rodents carry them, and humans pick them up from infected urine, droppings, or saliva. What is unusual here is geography and motion.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Health officials work to connect the dots during the early stages of an outbreak. Maxiphoto/iStock via Getty Images Plus A cluster ...

Health surveillance encompasses the continuous, systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of health-related data for planning, implementation and evaluation of public health practice. It ...

First Responders are often the first to witness signs of an emerging health crisis — an unusual number of overdoses in one neighborhood, a surge in heat-related illness, or a wave of respiratory ...

MODESTO, Calif. — One of Patrick Green’s first orders of business each day is to open a tap and fill a bottle with sludge. A utilities plant operator in Modesto, a city of nearly a quarter-million ...

In an interview, the head of Africa CDC, the African Union's health agency, denounces the impact that drastic reductions in ...

A Feb. 1 article published by The People's Voice claims the World Health Organization called on the world to grant it new powers to help prevent the spread of disease. “WHO Demands Surveillance Powers ...

India has intensified Ebola surveillance, airport screening, and health preparedness after WHO alerts, though no Ebola cases ...

NCEMA and MoHAP reaffirmed the continued implementation of precautionary monitoring measures as part of the UAE’s proactive ...

This session will provide an overview of several aspects of medical screening and surveillance as part of an Occupational Health Program. A formal occupational health surveillance program includes ...

As part of preventive measures, the authority said disease surveillance systems at airports have been strengthened.