NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Oswego County Health Department reports that two horses in the town of Palermo died earlier this week of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). The diagnosis was confirmed...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Florida Department of Health has reported 20 Vibrio vulnificus cases through September 3 which includes cases in the following counties: Duval, Escambia (3), Hernando,...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer, Christine Middlemiss, declared today that international standards have been met to declare the country free from bird flu. However,...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Jamaica Ministry of Health reported an additional 735 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, including 17 fatalities. Kingston & St. Andrew reported the most...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Delaware health officials announced today that a 69-year-old Kent County man has become infected with West Nile Virus (WNV), the state’s first case of human WNV since 2018,...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Portugal Direção-Geral da Saúde reported today the Vaccination Report No. 28 indicates that about 80% of the population has at least one dose of vaccine COVID-19 and 72%...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Vietnam Ministry of Health today reported an additional 14,922 cases of COVID-19, with Ho Chi Minh City accounting for 8,499 alone. In addition to Ho Chi Minh City’s tally,...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their travel notice for Africa due to high polio risk in some 25 countries on the continent. While the African Region...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Chinese health officials reported one new case of human infection with avian influenza A(H9N2) to the World Health Organization (WHO) this week. The case is a 20-month-old female...

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up report on the Shigella infections affecting apes at the ABQ BioPark Zoo in Albuquerque, New Mexico, zoo officials announced yesterday that the 30-year-old female...