By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Brazil reported 18,073 confirmed measles cases since January 1, 2019,accounting for 88 percent of the 20,430 confirmed cases reported in the Americas in 2019, according...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In Pakistan, an additional six wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases were reported this week–three with onset in 2019 and three for 2020–bringing the WPV1...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Bomet County, Kenya report 18 people from a local village have been hospitalized for suspected anthrax, according to a Standard Media report. Patients...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) reported today on the first novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) death outside of China. Two patients have been confirmed with...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the dengue fever outbreak in Paraguay, the Ministry of Health now reports 35,801 suspect cases through the fourth week of 2020, three times the number...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Swedish Public Health Authority reported Friday (computer translated) the first imported novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) case in Jönköping County. The case is...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made some updates to their website concerning Lyme disease mother to fetus transmission and Lyme disease and pregnancy...

Nigerian health officials are battling a Lassa fever outbreak in early 2020 where more than 250 confirmed cases and 40 deaths have been reported. Country and global officials say an annual upsurge in the...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Masschusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) has reported the first case of the 2019 novel coronavirus in the state today. The case is a man returning from...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In this video, I look at some of the latest news and numbers, one month into the 2019 Novel coronavirus epidemic (2019-nCoV). Tonga continues to report measles...