Pakistan: Girl has feet set afire for having typhoid
An 11-year-old Pakistani girl from the city of Cheechawatni in Pakistan’s Punjab province certainly didn’t receive the best in modern medicine earlier this week, which resulted in the child now requiring More...
Mumbai reports dramatic increase in typhoid fever
The number of typhoid fever cases this September in Mumbai showed a significant increase from the number of cases reported in the city in Sept. 2012, in fact the number is two-and-a-half times the previous year, More...
Powerful toxin gives Salmonella typhi its lethality according to study
Researchers from Yale University believe they understand how typhoid fever kills some 200,000 people and affects about 21.5 million persons each year. Salmonella image/CDC The new research, Structure and function More...
Typhoid outbreak reaches 144 at Chindwin Barracks in Kabwe
At least 144 people at Chindwin Barracks in Kabwe, Zambia have been stricken with the bacterial disease, typhoid fever, according to a Zambia Daily mail report today. ZambiaImage/CIA Central Province acting medical More...
Zimbabwe: Harare Residents Trust alerts residents of typhoid outbreak
The Harare Residents Trust sent an alert to residents of the Dzivaresekwa suburb in light of a recent outbreak of the bacterial disease, typhoid fever, according to a report from the Zimbabwe news source, ZimEye More...
Sanofi Pasteur announces recall of typhoid vaccine
Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, has announced that it is voluntarily recalling several batches of its typhoid fever vaccine, TYPHIM Vi®, due to concerns that the doses may not provide the intended More...
