NewsDesk @bactiman63 The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Friday the recommendations for the viral composition of influenza vaccines for the 2022-2023 influenza season in the northern hemisphere. The...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has detected an increase in drug-resistant Shigella sonnei infections, mostly in men who have sex with men (MSM).  Currently,...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Last week, the University of Florida (UF) Large Animal Hospital reported treating a number of horses with suspected botulism. Botulism is a disease caused by ingestion of botulinum...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Public and Environmental Health officials in Humboldt County, California are working to contain local cases of the gastrointestinal illness Shigella bacteria, after three lab-confirmed...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported an additional 91 confirmed Lassa fever cases the week ending February 20, bringing the total confirmed cases in 2022 to 450. The...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 There are signs that the Covid-19 epidemic has begun to subside in Denmark during the winter holidays. This is the overall conclusion in the latest trend report from the Statens Serum...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 A measles epidemic was declared in the province of Lomami, after the detection of 122 cases, including 121 in the health zone of Luputa, and another in that of Kandakanda, in the...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated a travel notice for several countries in South Asia due to an increased numbers of cases of dengue fever. Health...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Abbott is initiating a proactive, voluntary recall of powder formulas, including Similac, Alimentum and EleCare manufactured in Sturgis, Mich., one of the company’s manufacturing...