About 10 days ago, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel advisory for Japan due to the outbreak in the country, particularly in in Tokyo and the neighboring prefectures. According...

Singapore has eliminated measles, and Australia, Brunei Darussalam and Macao SAR (China) have eliminated rubella as public health problems, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced today. Both...

The National Health Commission in China has reported an additional human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) in Guangxi. The case involved a 44-year-old man from Hechi in Guangxi. He developed symptoms on...

Health officials in Thailand report a worsening of the measles outbreak in Yala as the case count is now up to 859, including 10 deaths since Sept. 1. This up from 341 cases and 5 deaths a couple of weeks...

Health officials in South Korea are reporting a three-fold increase in syphilis cases over the past 5 years. 776 cases were reported in 2013 and this exploded to 2,138 cases last year. Nearly four out...

In a follow-up on the foodborne illness outbreak in several states of Malaysia linked to the consumption of laksa,  Malaysian health officials have identified the agent as Salmonella enterica serovar...

The Pangasinan Provincial Health Office (PHO) is reporting a surge in leptospirosis cases, seeing a 231 percent increase compared to the same time last year. Through Sept. 24, the PHO has reported...

In a follow-up on the rubella cases in Japan, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases reported an additional 150 cases during the past week, bringing the total this year to 1,103. This is the most...

The Malaysia Ministry of Health (MOH) reported this week on the death due to diphtheria in the district of Johor Bahru. The reported case is a 14-month-old girl. The patient has never received any...

Dengue fever The most current information of the dengue situation in Thailand shows that since the beginning of the year through Oct. 15, a total of 66,372 cases were reported from 77 provinces, including...