‘Invisible Killers’ highlights dangers of Influenza, Ebola, Smallpox: premieres on March 29
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. Influenza, smallpox, and Ebola are among the three most lethal More...
Egypt H5N1 avian flu cases rise to 20
With the addition of the newest case of human H5N1 avian influenza in a woman from Sohag governorate, this brings the total cases of the lethal zoonotic infection to 20 in Egypt, according to a Masrawy.com report More...
Ebola update: Historic outbreak continues spinning out of control, 100 new cases reported
The West Africa Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak has now nearly tripled the previous largest outbreak (Uganda 2000-2001, which had 425 cases) and it seems that it is truly out of control. This is rather unusual More...
Puerto Rico declares chikungunya an epidemic, more than 200 cases reported
El Departamento de Salud in Puerto Rico has declared an epidemic of the chikungunya virus because it is new to the island, the population has no antibodies against it, and cases are concentrated in one region, More...
Janssen Announces License Agreement With Vertex for development of VX-787, a novel influenza A drug
PRESS RELEASE TITUSVILLE, NJ, July 18, 2014 – Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Janssen) announced today that it has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Vertex Pharmaceuticals for the worldwide development, More...
Indonesia reports second human H5N1 avian influenza case of 2014
A 33-year-old Jakarta man is reported as the second human case and fatality from H5N1 avian influenza in Indonesia this year, according to a Jakarta Post report today. H5N1 avian influenzaImage/CDC The virus was More...
Haiti chikungunya numbers significantly higher than official PAHO tally
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) chikungunya statistics for the island of Haiti last June 6 seemed unusually low as the epidemic spreads across Hispaniola. PAHO reported some 12,000 cases last Friday, More...
Egypt reports third H5N1 avian influenza case of 2014
A 86-year-old woman from the capital city of Damanhur in the Egyptian coastal governorate of Beheira is the latest human case of H5N1 avian influenza in the North African country, according to a EGYNews rport More...
Newshounds Unite!: Ebola, Heartland virus disease and Donald Trump with Coston and Crof
It was a fun airing of the Outbreak News This Week Radio Show Saturday as I was joined by two of the premiere newshounds and infectious disease bloggers out there, Mike Coston, who runs Avian Flu Diary, and Crawford More...
Egypt reports two human H5N1 avian influenza cases
Two people, an adult woman and a child, have tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza, according to a report in the Egypt Independent today. Image/CIA According to the report by Al-Masry Al-Youm, “A 56-year-old More...
Cambodian girl is the ninth human H5N1 avian influenza case of 2014
The Cambodian Ministry of Health has reported an additional human case of H5N1 avian influenza in a 2-year-old girl. This is the ninth case reported in the kingdom this year, according to a joint press release More...
Libya reports first H5N1 bird flu outbreak on Tubruq farm
Libya has reported its first outbreak of Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI) H5N1 on a farm in the port city of Tubruq (Tobruk) near the Egyptian border, according to Dr Abdunaser Dayhum, Director More...
Cambodia Ministry of Health releases details on new H5N1 avian influenza cases
In a follow-up to a story yesterday, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the World Health Organization (WHO) put out a joint press release confirming and providing more details on the More...
Two addition human H5N1 avian influenza cases reported, awaiting WHO confirmation
Two addition human H5N1 avian influenza cases, one fatal, are being “unofficially” reported in a Cambodian news source today. H5N1 Avian InfluenzaImage/CDC The Phnom Penh Post says two children, an More...
Cambodia reports sixth H5N1 avian influenza case
The Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Kingdom of Cambodia is reporting the sixth human H5N1 avian influenza case of 2014, a fatal case, in a Phnom Penh province child, according to a Joint Press Release From the More...
Cambodia reports 4th and 5th H5N1 avian influenza cases in two female pre-teens
The Kingdom of Cambodia appears to be showing a continuation of the increased numbers of human H5N1 avian influenza from 2013, where they reported 26 cases. H5N1 avian influenzaImage/CDC The Cambodian Ministry of More...
H5N1 bird flu reported in 21 Vietnam provinces as H7N9 bird flu knocks on the door
The most recent number of Vietnamese provinces and cities affected by the current H5N1 bird flu outbreak is now 21, according to a Bernama report today. Image/CIA To date, some 64,000 birds have been culled due More...
China confirms new H5 avian influenza case, more H7N9 cases
China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission has announced a new human case of avian influenza A (H5) in Hunan province, according to a Hong Kong CHP news release today. Image/CIA The case was a More...
Cambodia reports third H5N1 avian influenza case of 2014
The Ministry of Health (MOH) of the Kingdom of Cambodia is reporting the third, confirmed human H5N1 avian influenza case of 2014 and the 50th case reported since the disease in humans was first seen in the country More...
H5N1 avian influenza: Cambodia reports first fatality of 2014
Just a week after reporting their first case of human H5N1 avian influenza (AI) in a five-year-old boy from Kampong Thom province, health officials have confirmed another case of the virus and this one was fatal, More...
