By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews According to a cidadeverde.com report, The Municipal Health Foundation (FMS) confirmed the first case of Oropouche fever in the city of Teresina in Piauí state. The...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak in Sweden, the Swedish Public Health Agency reports between 27 December 2020 and 1 April 2021, 32 people living...

Both mRNA COVID-19 vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna) authorized and recommended in the United States protect against COVID-19-related hospitalization among adults 65 years and older, according to...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has reported two additional Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), one each in Levy County and Nassau County. An...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported six additional confirmed Lassa fever cases last week, bringing the country total to 247 cases this year to date. 50...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Cook Islands Ministry of Health (Te Marae Ora) reports that the number of probable and confirmed dengue fever virus-type 2 (DEN-2) has risen to 162 since the outbreak was...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization (WHO) announced recently that Cabo Verde has gone for three consecutive years – as of January 2021 – without local malaria transmission,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Connecticut state health officials are reporting a second confirmed case of measles in a Fairfield County child. The child is a household contact of the child who...

By Teddy Cambosa The Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) must fast-track the clinical trials on the use of the antiparasitic drug Ivermectin, according to Rep....

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Douglas County Health Department (DCHD) is urging people to take extra precautions to avoid getting sick from norovirus as officials report an increase in norovirus...