The deaths of two men in the Simdega district of Jharkand state that occurred in early May are currently being investigated by the state’s Integrated Disease Surveillance Program as suspected anthrax...

Biopharmaceutical manufacturer Bavarian Nordic announced on May 13th that significant progress was achieved in demonstrating two versions of its smallpox vaccine, Imvamune, offer satisfactory protection...

A breakthrough that will save time in diagnosing resistance in cases of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis was announced May 13th by a team from University College London.  Instead of taking weeks...

Published on May 11 in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, researchers led by Yingying Hao reported on their follow-up phenotypic and sequencing analysis regarding a case of septicemia and...

A study published in Science journal on May 7th, expands our understanding that measles vaccines can protect against infection and mortality from other infectious diseases in addition to the measles virus...

One confirmed case and five suspected cases of the equine bacterial infection strangles were reported by the Mare and Foal Sanctuary on April 27th at its rehabilitation facility, Honeysuckle Farm in Newton...

The Whatcom County Health Department in the state of Washington reported an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) affecting 32 children and adults on April 30.  Four cases have been hospitalized,...

In a study published in PLOS Computational Biology on April 23rd, a research team led by Manoj Gambhir found that a relatively small difference in efficacy and duration of protection for the first three...