By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization (WHO) says the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is escalating, with increasing...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In the past two weeks, human plague cases have been reported in Jefferson County, Colorado and Navajo County, Arizona. Today, the New Mexico Department of Health...

The World Health Organization (WHO) previously stated “To date there has been no information nor evidence to suggest that the new coronavirus could be transmitted by mosquitoes”. Now researchers from...

A 20-year-old man from Narowal, Punjab province, Pakistan died from rabies two months after getting a dog bite, according to a report in the news source, Dawn. According to the report, he sought medical...

The U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command approved the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) as an authorized site to administer COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma, July 16. CCP is...

Researchers from Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, have found a practical way to induce a strong and broad immunity to the dengue...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The number of dengue fever cases in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil has increased some 200 percent in the first half of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. In the...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Tokyo reports the number of syphilis cases in the country has topped 3,000 cases, according to the latest Surveillance...

Officials in Banteay Meanchey province report starting a chikungunya virus (CHIKV) awareness campaign this weekend after reporting an outbreak in Poipet city. To date, 160 infections have been reported...

By: Candess Zona-Mendola, MakeFoodSafe The Public Health Agency of Canada announced this week that it also has cases in the mystery outbreak of Salmonella cases in the US. There are 59 confirmed cases...