By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) is reporting additional cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) have been detected in Germany. As of 1 November,  the...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 With cases rising rapidly in the United Kingdom, with more than 157,000 cases reported in the past week and topping one million total cases, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In a report posted on the infectious disease website, ProMED-Mail Friday, officials in Munich reported a case of  urogenital schistosomiasis in a 49-year-old German man with...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Chief Veterinary Officer for the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority, Dr Sigurborg Daðadóttir reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) this week a...

A new study of older adults (aged 70 or over) in Stockholm, Sweden, suggests older people living in care homes had higher COVID-19 mortality risk than those living in single houses or apartment buildings. In...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Health officials in the Russian republic of Dagestan are reporting five hospitalizations due to suspected anthrax, Tass news reports. “Five suspected anthrax cases were...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reports that 18 autochthonous, or locally acquired dengue fever cases have been reported on the continent in two...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Statens Serum Institut (SSI) has in collaboration with the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration and the DTU Food Institute report that a Shigella outbreak in August...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Although uncommon, sudden permanent hearing loss seems to be linked to COVID-19 infection in some people, warn doctors, reporting the first UK case in the journal BMJ Case Reports. Awareness...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Late last month, a married couple from Kampenhout became infected with malaria and died. The cases are currently being investigated by the Flemish healthcare agency and the...