By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 British health officials are advising travelers to Egypt of a number of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infections reported in people who traveled to the Hurghada...

By NewsDesk    @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on a recent report, Iceland health officials reported an additional E. coli infection in a one and a half year old child Friday, bringing the total...

The number of syphilis cases has been consistently going up across Europe since 2010, mostly affecting men who have sex with men living in urban areas. In 2017, notification rates reached an all-time...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Ukraine health officials are reminding the public to ensure they are vaccinated against tetanus as five cases, including one death in 2019 to date. Two of the five...

By Robert Herriman   @infectiousdiseasenews The Center for Public Health of Ukraine reported an additional 485 measles cases during the past week, bringing the outbreak total to  55,776 people –...

By NewsDesk    @infectiousdiseasenews Iceland health officials have reported four pediatric Shiga-toxin-producing E. Coli (STEC) cases. Officials say all the children are from the capital of Reykjavik;...

By NewsDesk   @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) outbreak in mid Essex, officials with NHS Mid Essex report the total number of patients affected by the...

By NewsDesk   @infectiousdiseasenews Cases of mumps in England have increased dramatically since the last quarter of 2018, according to the latest data from Public Health England (PHE). Provisional...

Emergex Vaccines Holding Limited, a biotechnology company pioneering a new approach to synthetic vaccine development in the field of infectious diseases, today announced that it has signed an R&D...

By NewsDesk   @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials with NHS Mid Essex are reporting an outbreak of invasive Group A streptococcus (iGAS) infections among elderly people receiving treatment for wounds...