Measles has struck the Korean peninsula as South Korean health officials say the outbreak has reached 30 cases since mid-December 2018, according to health officials (computer translated). The first case...

Chinese agricultural officials reported (computer translated) an additional African swine fever (ASF) outbreak in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (NHAR) in the northwest part of the country. This...

In a follow-up on the human rabies situation in Sarawak, Malaysia, health officials have reported one more human rabies case and fatality. The new case was an 80-year-old woman from Kampung Sg. Du’uh,...

Pampanga Northwest of Manila in the Philippine province of Pampanga, health officials have declared the province malaria-free. “Pampanga is now included among the provinces in the country without any...

Thailand reported thousands of chikungunya cases in the south last year and in just the first two weeks of 2019,  447 cases were already reported from 12 provinces- mostly from Phuket, Songkla and Pattani...

The China Ministry of Agriculture reported today (computer translated) on an African swine fever (ASF) outbreak on a farm in Qingcheng County, Gansu Province in northwest China. This is the first outbreak...

In 2018, Japanese health officials battled three infectious disease outbreaks of note– the vaccine-preventable diseases of measles and rubella and the sexually transmitted infection, syphilis. Measles While...

Singapore officials reported an increase in dengue fever cases in 2018, including an increase in cases during the past three weeks. According to the National Environment Agency (NEA), the total number...

In a follow-up on the syphilis outbreak in Japan in 2018, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Tokyo has reported an additional 600 cases in the past four weeks. The annual tally has risen...

Chinese health officials reported a confirmed human H9N2 avian influenza case in a 32-year-old woman from the city of Shenzhen, Guangdong province, according to a Macao Health Bureau notice (computer...