By NewsDesk    @infectiousdiseasenews The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) reported the first chikungunya cases of the year in three people who traveled to Thailand together during the incubation...

By NewsDesk    @infectiousdiseasenews A new locally transmitted dengue fever infection has been reported in Tainan City, health officials report, bringing the total cases for the year to 48. The latest...

By NewsDesk    @infectiousdiseasenews Two provinces in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines declared dengue fever outbreaks this week after reporting dramatic increases in the mosquito-borne...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In Sichuan province, China, a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) has been confirmed, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. The virus was...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Eastern Visayas Officials with the Department of Health in the Eastern Visayas (Region 8), which encompasses Samar, Leyte and Biliran, are reporting an 86 percent increase in...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Thailand health officials are reporting an increase in dengue fever this year, in fact, they are reporting the highest number of cases by this time in five years, according...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Taiwan health officials reported two additional locally transmitted dengue fever cases in Tainan City on Wednesday. The patients were a 40-year-old woman from Da Enli in the...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Taiwan Department of Disease Control reported on a new confirmed case of Japanese encephalitis (JE) in the country. The patient is a 50-year-old male in Shalu District, Taichung...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Laos Ministry of Health issued a warning this week as the trend of weekly reporting of dengue fever is increasing. According to a Vientiane Times report, health...

By NewsDesk    @infectiousdiseasenews The number of dengue fever cases in Singapore continues to rise with officials reporting about 500 cases during the most recent week. In fact, the National Environmental...