NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health reports closely monitoring two human cases of avian influenza A(H5N6) in the Mainland. The...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In Yucatan, during 2021, the lowest incidence of chickenpox was recorded in a decade (2012), due to the hygiene measures established to cut the transmission chain of...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Secretary of State for Public Health (SESPA) in Pará state, Brazil, is reporting eight confirmed Mayaro virus cases last year. In Pará, the period of greatest transmission...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews On January 24, 2022, the WHO Regional Reference Laboratory in Helsinki confirmed poliovirus type 2 (VDPV-2) in a sample from a 2-year-old child from Ukraine. The sample...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Manuela Cabello, director of the Oscar Orías Hospital, confirmed the first six cases of dengue in the summer season. They were detected in the area of ​​Libertador...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The drugs behind the new pills to treat COVID-19 remain very effective against the omicron variant of the virus in lab tests, according to a new study. However, lab...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the Lassa fever situation in Nigeria in January 2022, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has activated the national multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization (WHO) reported in a Disease Outbreak News report Tuesday that Benin reported its first epidemic wave of cholera between March and April,...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Just 14* human cases of Guinea worm disease occurred worldwide in 2021, drawing nearer to the goal of global eradication, The Carter Center announced Wednesday. It is...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials in Shivamogga, Karnataka state have reported a case of the tick-borne, Kyasanur Forest Disease, (KFD) in a 57-year-old woman in Kudige village of Thirthahalli. This...