Just days after measles outbreaks were declared in several regions of the archipelago including the National Capital Region (NCR) of Metro Manila, health officials reported  some updated data. Philippines...

An increase in infection with the tapeworm, Echinococcus, has been reported among cadets at the Suvorov Guards Military Academy in Ulyanovsk in western Russia, according to local media (computer translated). The...

In a follow-up on the chikungunya situation in Selangor state, Malaysia, health ministry officials report for the period January 29 to February 7, 2019, as many as 23 cases have been confirmed as being...

The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs reported Friday (computer translated) on a new African swine fever (ASF) outbreak in the Economic and Technological Development Zone of Yongzhou...

In a follow-up on the measles situation in Thailand, health officials have reported 613 cases from 47 provinces through Feb. 4. Of the total, 109 cases involved complications and two deaths were recorded. The...

In 2014, actress, model and television host, Anne Curtis was appointed a UNICEF celebrity advocate for children in 2014. Today in Manila, UNICEF conferred the formal title of UNICEF National Goodwill...

In a follow-up on the measles outbreak declaration for the Metro Manila, or NCR region, Philippines health officials expanded the declarations for other regions on the island of Luzon and Central and...

Philippines health officials officially declared a measles outbreak in National Capital Region (NCR), which includes Manila on Wednesday. The DOH Epidemiology Bureau (DOH EB) has reported nearly 200...

In a follow-up on the chikungunya outbreak in southern Thailand, health officials recorded an additional 424 cases during the past week, bringing the total to 1,499 from 17 provinces since the beginning...

After reporting nearly 3,000 rubella cases in 2018, the cases continue into 2019 in Japan. According to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Tokyo, 280 additional cases were reported during...