By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Dengue fever The number of dengue fever cases in Singapore has reached 12,000, according to numbers from the National Environment Agency (NEA). As of 16 September...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In this post, I’ll look at the latest numbers for several mosquito-borne diseases in Thailand to date in 2019. Dengue Through September 9, Thailand health officials...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the report of African swine fever (ASF) in the Philippines, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the African Swine Fever episodes in several areas...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Taiwan Department of Disease Control announced (computer translated) three new cases of local chikungunya in New Taipei City. The cases include a woman in her...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Following recent reports of two imported dengue fever cases on Guam, the Department of Public Health and Social Services has reported the first autochthonous dengue...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the dengue epidemic in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) is now reporting 249,332 dengue cases through Aug. 24, more than double the...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up report, Philippines agriculture officials announced Monday that samples from pigs in small backyard farms in Rizal province near Manila tested positive...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in the Eastern Visayas region (Region 8) of the Philippines are reporting a three-fold increase in dengue fever cases this year compared to 2018. For...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Back in February, Philippines health officials declared a measles outbreak in five of the country’s regions. Today, all 17 Philippine regions now have outbreaks...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In the latest on the global polio situation this year, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) reports two additional wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases and...