BREAKING
Paraguay: Chikungunya continues to expand in the interior of the country
Ecuador reports leptospirosis in Guayas province
Africa
Africa CDC ‘remains committed to support Tanzania and her neighbors to arrest this outbreak as soon as possible’

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In response to the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak recently declared in Tanzania, the Africa CDC said the following: “Africa CDC remains committed to support...

Equatorial Guinea Marburg outbreak grows to 9 confirmed cases

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Equatorial Guinea, health officials report a cumulative number of nine confirmed and 20 probable...

DRC: 1,800 suspected cases of the typhoid fever reported in Kwango province
CDC issues travel notice for Tanzania due to Marburg outbreak
Vaccines
Dengue vaccine: Takeda’s QDENGA® approved in Brazil

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Biopharmaceutical company, Takeda, announced recently the company’s dengue vaccine, QDENGA® (Dengue Tetravalent Vaccine [Live, Attenuated]) (TAK-003), was...

Israeli researchers develop mRNA vaccine that conferred rapid, full protection against lethal Y. pestis infection in mice after a single dose

NewsDesk @bactiman63 For the first time worldwide, a team of researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Israel Institute for Biological Research have developed an mRNA-based vaccine...

Polio eradication is possible only through ensuring the highest possible vaccination coverage worldwide and maintaining it indefinitely
Mozambique commences cholera vaccination drive as outbreak tops 5,000 cases
Indian subcontinent
Pakistan reports first wild poliovirus case in 6 months

NewsDesk @bactiman63 A three-year-old child was paralyzed by polio in Bannu, the Pakistan National Polio Laboratory confirmed on Thursday. “Since early last year, all polio cases...

Bangladesh reports 3 more Nipah virus cases, brings seasonal total to 14
CDC issues travel notice for Bangladesh due to Nipah virus outbreak
Asia
H1N1 cluster reported at Ho Chi Minh City school

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Information from the Center for Disease Control of Ho Chi Minh City (HCDC) the city’s infectious disease surveillance system has recorded a cluster of...

Vietnam: Dengue fever cases nationwide increased 2.3 times over the same period in 2022
Hong Kong reports 4th melioidosis case of 2023
Europe
Scotland: Gonorrhea cases almost 50% higher than the number recorded in 2019

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Public Health Scotland (PHS) recently published a report describing gonorrhea infections in Scotland from 2013-2022. The main points of the report is as follows: In...

Influenza B with serious complications in Sweden
generic influenza virion

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Sweden Public Health Agency, together with the Infection Control Unit in the Örebro County region, is investigating a few cases of influenza B with serious...

Cases of botulism in Europe following medical procedures with botulinum toxin
Russia: Two people hospitalized with anthrax in Chuvashia
US News
Royal Caribbean International’s Enchantment of the Seas the latest cruise ship outbreak in 2023

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The March 11–March 23, 2023 voyage of Royal Caribbean International’s Enchantment of the Seas is the seventh and latest cruise ship outbreak the Vessel...

Utah reports 1st measles case since 2017

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Today, Salt Lake County Health Department (SLCoHD) announced a case of measles in a Salt Lake County resident who traveled outside the U.S; the resident was not...

Gerber Good Start SootheProTM Powdered Infant Formula recalled due to the potential presence of the bacteria, Cronobacter sakazakii
REZZAYO approved by FDA amid rapid Candida auris spread
Latin America and the Caribbean
Paraguay: A high incidence of meningoencephalitis possibly associated to chikungunya reported

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The World Health Organization (WHO) wrote in a recent Disease Outbreak News (DON) concerning the geographical expansion of dengue and chikungunya beyond the historical...

Paraguay: Chikungunya continues to expand in the interior of the country
Ecuador reports leptospirosis in Guayas province
Outbreak News Interviews
AFib and the success of the cardiac ablation procedure

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Atrial fibrillation (AFib) not only causes shortness of breath and palpitations but puts patients at increased risk of stroke. When medication or other treatments...

Echinococcus in New Hampshire with Elizabeth Talbot, MD
Giardia: A ‘beaver fever’ primer