Angeles City, Philippines government has announced a steady decrease in dengue fever cases over the past couple years and much credit is given to a…Read More

Researchers at the University of Southampton in the UK has found that copper can effectively help to prevent the spread of respiratory viruses, which are linked to…Read More

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Two weeks ago, officials with the Institut Pasteur of Bangui (IPB), Central Africa Republic reported a confirmed case of Rift Valley fever (RVF)…Read More

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews A total of 11,167 dengue cases have been reported in Singapore during the first eight months of the year, according to the National…Read More

A measles outbreak in Limerick City is being reported by Ireland health officials. Since Jan. 3, four confirmed measles cases have been reported, which constitutes an…Read More

The Department of Civil Protection of the Lviv Regional State Administration has reported 71 Salmonella cases linked to smoked fish, according to a Donetsk report…Read More

The Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission reported today on an additional human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) in Anhui. [caption id="attachment_20905" align="alignleft" width="300"]…Read More

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews For the first time this year, Massachusetts health officials have reported a human West Nile virus (WNV) case in the state. [caption id="attachment_10880"…Read More

By Robert Herriman  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the Vibrio vulnificus situation in Florida, state health officials reported two additional cases during the past week. [caption…Read More

Ten cases of gastrointestinal illness potentially linked to consumption of raw oysters are under investigation in the Edmonton Zone, prompting Alberta Health Services (AHS) to…Read More

Nearly 80 passengers and crew on board a recent Princess Cruises' Island Princess voyage were stricken with diarrhea due to norovirus, according to federal health officials.…Read More

The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) has detected an alarming, localized increase in reported syphilis cases from southeast Wyoming this year. [caption id="attachment_15858" align="alignleft" width="300"]…Read More

The cholera epidemic that began in October 2010 on the Caribbean island of Haiti, several months after the massive earthquake, has accounted for greater than…Read More

The fact that vaccines typically don't work as well in older people presents a challenge to influenza vaccine makers, particularly because the illness often results…Read More

Officials with the Oswego County health department reported that two more horses, located in the towns of Albion and Amboy, tested positive for the Eastern…Read More

In an update on the Listeriosis outbreak in Australia linked to the consumption of rockmelons (cantaloupe) from a single grower, health officials report that since mid-January…Read More

Viruses have shaped our health and our history, and, despite all the tools of modern medicine, they continue to kill millions of people every year.…Read More

In a follow-up on a report from last week, the Health Surveillance Foundation (FVS-AM) now reports seven Chagas disease cases from the same family group in …Read More

A coalition of medical and humanitarian organizations, some working inside besieged Eastern Ghouta, have urged the United Nations Security Council to vote for an immediate…Read More

The number of cutaneous anthrax cases in Visakha Agency in northern Andhra Pradesh, India has risen since first reported a week ago with the case tally is…Read More

An invasive group A streptococcus (iGAS) outbreak, that has been ongoing since April last year, has prompted an alert issued to local healthcare providers, hospitals and…Read More

A kitten that was submitted for rabies testing on July 25, 2014 has tested positive for rabies.  The kitten was in the vicinity of Eaves…Read More

Earlier this month, health authorities in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) reported on a case of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (cVDPV1) in a child from the…Read More

A clinical trial involving an established model for studying malaria has yielded new insight on parasite transmission and could assist in future elimination efforts. [caption…Read More

The Florida Department of Health confirmed two additional locally acquired, or autochthonous cases of the mosquito borne virus, chikungunya, bringing the total of such cases to…Read More