NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Seven people, including a child, died from this pneumonic plague between August 25 and 30, according to a Russian media report citing the local Ministry of Health. Three...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Connecticut Department of Public Health announced that two Connecticut residents have tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV) infection. These are the first two...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Suspect Nipah virus case in Kerala Health officials in Kerala state are reporting a suspected Nipah virus case in a 13-year-old boy from Chooloor. The boy was admitted...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Techiman town in Ghana in West Africa are reporting the death of a 23-year-old pregnant woman from rabies. Techiman Municipal Director of Health...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Since our last report on the Japanese syphilis situation in mid-July 2021, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Tokyo reported more than 1300 additional...

Outbreak News Today’s Robert Herriman will be hosting a World Rabies Day 2021- Livestream event on Facebook Live and YouTube on September 28, 2021 at 5 pm EST. He will be joined by rabies experts...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews There has been a number of suspected and confirmed anthrax outbreaks/infections in China recently, including an anthrax pneumonia case and a human fatality in a 14-year-old...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) confirmed the first case of Japanese encephalitis in Korea this year on August 30th, and requested special...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Department of Sanitary and Epidemiological Control reported a tetanus death in northern Kazakhstan. The case was a 54-year-old man from Uzbekistan who injured his...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials in the central Bolivia city of Cochabamba are reporting an increase in rabies this year. Canine-feline rabies cases doubled this year in Cochabamba compared...