By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews On 27 December 2020, Denmark launched an ambitious vaccination program, where the goal is to offer vaccination against COVID-19 to all Danes aged 16 and over. The...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In today’s New England Journal of Medicine Images in Medicine portion, two ophthalmologists from the Royal Free Hospital in London report on a case of orbital...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The number of reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and HIV decreased in 2020 while the number of syphilis cases increased, according to Folkehelseinstituttet (Norwegian...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare report that ticks are active from early spring to late autumn and are found across the country. In Finland, Lyme disease...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the Salmonella Braenderup outbreak in Sweden, the Swedish Public Health Agency now reports a total of 36 confirmed outbreak cases reported from...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Norwegian Institute of Public Health reports 15 people with infection caused by the bacterium Yersinia enterocolitica O3. All are sampled in late April and early...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn is confident that around 50 percent of Germans will be vaccinated at least once by the beginning of summer. Currently over 32...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) today reported on a Salmonella Braenderup ST22 cluster in Denmark that has affected 27 people from late...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Public Health Center (PHC) of Ukraine reports (computer translated) in early May, a 43-year-old man was diagnosed with malaria in Odessa. For the past five months,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Swedish Public Health Agency reports investigating an outbreak of Salmonella Braenderup. 14 cases were reported between April 13 – 24 in 10 different regions...