INFECTIOUS DISEASE

The Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility near Ypsilanti, Michigan, said this week it plans to treat its 2,000 inmates for scabies, according to a local report.

A newlywed bride in the U.K. claims she and her new husband were just three days into their dream week-long Egyptian honeymoon when they began suffering from diarrhea and severe stomach pains.

The Food and Drug Administration said it will resume inspections of some of the riskiest foods such as cheeses, produce and infant formula as early as Tuesday.

The measles vaccine has saved more than 20 million lives since 2000. Getting vaccinated is vital to protect against a disease that still kills about 90,000 people a year worldwide.

An American who was being monitored in Nebraska after possibly being exposed to Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo was released from care on Saturday after having “never developed” the disease, the medical facility announced.

With 41 percent of the FDA's staff furloughed, 2/3rds of food safety inspections are not being done; national correspondent William La Jeunesse reports from Los Angeles.

A Kentucky-based companies candies are being recalled by the FDA due to possibly being contaminated with hepatitis A.

As the partial government shutdown nears a third week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it’s been forced to suspend routine inspections of domestic food-processing facilities.

The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs says it's taking action after a case of Legionnaires' disease was confirmed at a home for veterans.

Dr. Marc Siegel says it's not too late to get the flu shot.