By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In an update on the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), no new cases were reported during the week May 20-26. Since the...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on a post from April, officials in Ethiopia are reporting at least seven suspected human cases of dracunculiasis, or Guinea worm infections, in recent...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization (WHO) reported receiving On 28 April 2020, WHO received information regarding a confirmed yellow fever case in Mango village, Oti district,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews South African health officials reported an additional 1240 COVID-19 cases Sunday, bringing the country total to 22,583- the most cases in Africa. Western Cape province...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization (WHO) reported this week on a confirmed case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF). The case is a 60-year-old butcher from Tiguent,...

In a new study, researchers from the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus call attention to the emergence of mosquito-borne viral outbreaks in West Africa,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews  In a follow-up on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Friday, UN health officials reported the last Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) case in...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews  On April 28, Nigerian health officials declared the emergency phase of the 2020 Lassa fever outbreak over after reporting the largest Lassa fever outbreak ever reported...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Nigerian health officials reported five additional confirmed Lassa fever cases the week ending May 3, including two deaths a week after the Nigeria Centre for Disease...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In Africa, the disease has spread to over 30 countries since the first case was reported in late February, now affecting all countries except for Lesotho. The Nigeria...