By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Ministry of Health with the Government of Tonga have reported three additional measles cases, bringing the total to 659 confirmed and suspected cases since the...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Thailand Thailand health officials reported a new COVID-19 case, the 35th to date, in a 60-year-old Chinese woman whose family members earlier contracted the virus. So...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials with the Philippines reported a cumulative 15,817 dengue fever cases, including 45 deaths through February 7 this year. This is 42 percent lower...

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 France France’s health ministry, or the Sante publique France has reported an additional COVID-19 case in the country. As of today, the national epidemiological situation...

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the two COVID-19 patients in Chicago, Illinois (HERE and HERE), the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH), Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH)...

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Maine Centers for Disease Control (Maine CDC) saw a sharp increase in hepatitis A cases from 2018 to 2019– climbing from nine in 2018 to 45 in 2019. Twelve cases were...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Taiwan death The Taiwan CDC reported today (computer translated) on on two additional COVID-19 infections–number 19 and 20, including the first death. The first...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews With all the attention about COVID-19 in Singapore, and worldwide for that matter, Singapore saw 400 dengue fever cases during the week ending Feb. 8. During the first...

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Japanese health authorities reported (computer translated) today that testing of people onboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Yokohama Port revealed 70 additional COVID-19...

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cautioning pet owners not to feed their pets one lot of Aunt Jeni’s Home Made frozen raw pet food after a sample collected from a store...