By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization (WHO) is reporting a measles outbreak in the African nation of Burundi. The outbreak, which started in a refugee transit camp where...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews After going several week without a reported human plague case in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), new cases were reported between mid-February and mid-March. Since...

The World Health Organization announced Friday that billions of people across the globe are living with herpes infections. According to the UN health agency, some 500,000,000 estimated people worldwide...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews On Tuesday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has declared the emergency phase of the 2020 Lassa fever outbreak over. This is following successive decline...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa reports a surge in malaria cases in Zimbabwe. According to officials, the increase in malaria cases began...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Mayotte Island is part of the Comoros archipelago (Mozambique Channel, southwestern Indian Ocean), which is under French administration. Since the beginning of the...

By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 In late 2014 during the West Africa Ebola outbreak, health experts were concerned about efforts to control the mosquito borne parasite, malaria are being hampered by the enormity...

By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 After reporting zero human cases for more than two years, Ethiopia has recorded six suspected new human cases of dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease) over the past two weeks....

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization reports that on 3 March 2020, the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) reported three suspected yellow fever cases in Enor Ener Woreda,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (HERE and HERE), the World Health Organization (WHO)has reported...