Fatia Kasumu

Cross-contamination of eggs is believed to have been the cause of a Salmonella outbreak from an Australian hotel.

Washington state recently issued food safety measures for residents after a Salmonella outbreak.

The World Health Organization has confirmed at least 46 cases of cholera in the Central African Republic (CAR).

The city of Manchester, New Hampshire health department reopened its Crystal Lake public beach after previous analyses found elevated levels of E. coli.

Two new cases of Polio have been discovered in Nigeria.

A hepatitis A outbreak in Hawaii has reached more than 200 cases.

A total of 808 cases of cholera have been found in the republic of South Sudan's capital city of Juba.

Approximately 20 staff members from an elementary school in Casselberry, Florida are believed to have contracted norovirus infections last week, a school official confirmed with Contagion.

Burkholderia pseudomallei, the bacteria that causes Melioidosis (or Whitmore's disease), was first discovered in 1911 by pathologist Alfred Whitmore and his assistant.

The Hawaii State Department has confirmed an open investigation of the hepatitis A infection in Oahu, Hawaii.