Hong Kong health officials have reported investigating two linked cases of psittacosis, or parrot fever, a bird-borne disease. The first case involves a 51-year-old woman with good past health, who developed...

In a follow-up on the norovirus outbreak at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, Korean health officials now put the number of confirmed cases at 261, as of Friday, with 111 cases reported...

With the officials number of norovirus cases at 199, as of Feb. 13, according to the Korea Center for Disease Control (KCDC), the World Health Organization (WHO) published a Norovirus Questions and Answers...

The Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) reported confirming a human case of avian influenza A (H7N4). According to the NHFPC, this is the first case of human infection with...

Health officials in Thailand are urging people who work with animals– veterinarians, staff at pet hospitals and animal labs, and caretakers of strays–to ensure they are vaccinated against...

The Korea CDC (KCDC) reported today the results of the epidemiological investigation of norovirus that occurred to wide range of people at the Horeb Odaesan Youth Training Centre from Feb 3. and reported...

South Korea health officials have reported an additional 38 confirmed norovirus cases since our last report Saturday, bringing the outbreak total to 177. According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control...

Last summer, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that  Bhutan and Maldives achieved a important goal ahead of time–the elimination of measles. However, in the WHO South-East Asia Region,...

Several times over the years I see media outlets use hyperbolic and sensationalized headlines and stories in serious topics in the world of outbreaks and infectious diseases. Whether it be about plague...

One human H7N9 avian influenza case was reported in Zhongshan City, Guangdong province, China, according to a Guangdong Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission news release Saturday (computer...