In a follow-up to the report on the recent imported case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in the Philippines, The Department of Health (DOH) report that the 36-year old foreigner is...

The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) has reported three additional cases of Legionnaires’ disease in recent days, bringing the 2015 total to date at 25. In 2014 and 2013, 41 and 28...

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The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health today (July 9) reported that the suspected case of Japanese encephalitis (JE) affecting a man aged 55 under investigation yesterday...

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On 6 July 2015, the IHR National Focal Point of the Philippines notified WHO of 1 laboratory-confirmed case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection. Details of the case The...

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Between 4 and 7 July 2015, the National IHR Focal Point of the Republic of Korea notified WHO of 2 additional confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Additional information...

The Philippines is one of only a handful of countries that continue to see an increase in HIV cases and this past May, a whopping 748 cases were reported. This is the most cases reported on the archipelago...

The Philippines Department of Health announced the confirmation of an imported Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in a foreign national on July 4 prompting the mobilization of the...

During the first six months of 2015, Singapore has seen a relatively mild dengue fever season. According to the National Environmental Agency of Singapore(NEA), there has been 4.292 cases as of July 3,...

An additional confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has been reported by South Korean health officials (computer translated), bring the case tally to 185 since the...

Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that has rapidly spread in all regions of the globe. The actual numbers of dengue cases are underreported and many cases are misclassified. One recent estimate...