By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the listeriosis outbreak in Spain associated with the consumption of roasted pork meat, Spanish health officials report (computer translated) an...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up to a report last week concerning the United Kingdom losing it’s measles elimination status, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced today...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on a report about two weeks ago, Swedish health officials are reporting a significant rise in tularemia cases since the end of July. As of Monday,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with the Health Protection Surveillance Center (HPSC) in Ireland report it is estimated that there are probably between 150 and 300 cases per annum; however,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the Listeria monocytogenes outbreak linked to roasted meat in Spain, official Ministry of Health numbers (computer translated) put the case tally...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews An outbreak of listeriosis in Spain has sickened about 155 people to date, killing one, according to the health authorities. The Spanish Health Ministry said it was...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with Public Health England (PHE) reported yesterday that due to several reasons, the United Kingdom has lost it’s WHO measles elimination status. In...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Measles update The Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine reported an additional 203 measles cases this past week, 138 adults and 65 children. Most...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Finland’s National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) report an increase in cases of infection with the protozoan parasite, Cryptosporidium. In 2018,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews For the first time in twenty years, the Eastern European country of Belarus has reported an animal anthrax case. Earlier this week, Dr. Ivan Smilhin, Deputy Minister,...