By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Congenital syphilis The Thailand Public Health Ministry is reporting at least 249 congenital syphilis cases this year, according to a report from the Strait Times. “The...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Lassa Fever Candidate Vaccine  Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced Tuesday announced it has dosed subjects in a Phase 1, first-in-human clinical trial to evaluate INO-4500,...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Officials with the Pangasinan Provincial Health Office in the western area of the island of Luzon are reporting an increase in acute gastroenteritis cases during the first five...

By NewsDesk    @bactiman63 Measles Since the beginning of the year, French health officials report (computer translated) 1184 cases of measles through May 22. Of this total, 378 (32%) were hospitalized...

By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Monday that two additional countries have been certified as malaria-free–Algeria and Argentina. Algeria is the second country...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Rumors and false stories of monkeypox in Malaysia prompted the Director General of Health Malaysia, Datuk Dr. Noor Hisham Bin Abdullah to release a statement about the fake news. The...

Hamilton, Ontario health officials report  investigating an increasing trend in the number of newly diagnosed HIV cases, and invasive Group A strep (iGAS) cases among people who inject drugs in Hamilton. Between...

By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 King County, WA In a follow-up on the measles situation in Washington, Public Health – Seattle & King County reports investigating a new measles case with possible exposures...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Flemish Agency for Health and Safety reported (computer translated) that five of the 17 company cooling towers tested were positive for the bacterium, Legionella. Two companies...

By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 A ten-year-old child from Malappuram district in Kerala state in southwestern India has died from primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) caused by infection with the parasite,...