For the second time this year, Taiwan health officials have confirmed an imported Lyme disease case, prompting them to advise the public about preventing tick bites when traveling overseas. The patient...

Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines global business unit of Sanofi, announced today that Dengvaxia® dengue vaccine has now received its 11th marketing approval, four of which granted from Regulatory Authorities...

Following a number of countries–Mexico, Brazil, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Paraguay and the Philippines, the Singapore Health Sciences Authority (HSA) today approved the use of the Sanofi Pasteur...

About a week after a mumps case was confirmed in a California State University San Marcos undergraduate student, county health officials are reporting another case in an area college. A person at San...

During the past week, Delhi saw nearly 1600 additional chikungunya cases, a 43 percent increase over the prior week. The total cases in India’s capital is now at 5,293 cases. At least 15 fatalities...

For the first time on the Indian subcontinent, an outbreak of ciguatera was reported in Mangaluru, where more than 100 people were sickened Saturday after consuming fish heads. Biologists in India warn...

Florida agricultural officials announced Saturday a 6th Zika virus positive mosquito sample in Miami Beach. The positive sample was from a trap located at 575 W. 49th Street in Miami Beach. A summary...

The rise of anthrax from the permafrost this summer in Siberia, plus the risk of overgrazing has prompted officials on the Yamal Peninsula of Siberia to plan a mass cull of 250,000 reindeer by years end,...

  Ian Mackay, PhD is a virologist with The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. See more of Dr Mackay’s blogging at Virology Down Under Mayaro virus (MAYV) is a member of the Family...

On Apr. 1, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in a policy memorandum stated the following: A bachelor’s degree in nursing meets the requirement of having earned a bachelor’s...