- In the week of May 21st, the first antibiotic-restraint strain of E.Coli has been found in a Pennsylvania woman; this strain has refused all antibiotic treatment given to the woman. The top U.S. health official said it is more likely that more people will be found to be carrying a newly discovered superbug in the near future.
- The first child in the United States with Zika virus-related microcephaly was born in New Jersey on May 31st, hospital officials said. The mother must of have had the Zika virus and the child contracted it in the womb.
- After the second year of worldwide extreme weather, water shortages, and flooding, nearly 100 million people will experience multiple months of severe food shortages, primarily in countries in Southeast Asia.
- In a report released June 2, 2016, the World Health Organization found that about 1,000 people were killed in attacks on health-care facilities across 19 crisis-stricken countries in 2014 and 2015. 62 percent of those attacks were deliberate.