By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Here are the estimates: At least 2.6 million influenza cases, 23,000 hospitalizations and 1,300 flu related deaths since October 1, according to the Centers for Disease...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued travel notices for Africa and Asia because of polio outbreaks in a number of countries on each continent. Polio...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials have reported a total of 85 confirmed cases of measles in Argentina through the first week of December. Of this total, 83 were detected in Argentina...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews With the report of two additional confirmed measles cases in a 13-year-old from Nakelo Rewa and a 27-year-old from Naitasiri, this brings the total measles cases...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews As 2019 comes to a close, UN health officials say Brazil accounted for the vast majority of measles cases in the Americas region. Through December 12, Brazil reported...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the first ever local transmission of dengue fever in Afghanistan, the World Health Organization (WHO) now reports that at least 14 cases total,...

Nearly one in three foodborne outbreaks in the EU in 2018 were caused by Salmonella. This is one of the main findings of the annual report on trends and sources of zoonoses published today by the European...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Since the last report on the Cryptosporidium outbreak in Sweden about two weeks ago, health officials say the number of reported cases has decreased in recent weeks. While...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported Thursday that Indonesia is the latest Asian country to report an outbreak of African Swine...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Samoa released the latest numbers on the measles outbreak in the country today. The Ministry of Health confirms a total of 5,080 measles cases...