NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Yesterday, January 30 was World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day is a day to promote awareness of and secure resources for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)–a diverse...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In 2021, Malaysia reported a total of 26,365 cases of dengue. The number showed a decrease of 70.8% compared to the previous year which was 90,304 cases. Deaths due to...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) along with other health partners report investigating a E. coli O157 outbreak affecting 14 people in Alberta and Saskatchewan...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported an additional 74 confirmed cases during the third week on...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The island country of Timor-Leste, located in Southeast Asia, has recorded a huge spike in dengue fever during the month of January 2022, according to data from the Ministry...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Statens Serum Institut (SSI) reported today on a case of influenza (an unspecified novel swine flu virus) in a citizen of Denmark with a virus variant that probably...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews On Wednesday, the Ingham County Health Department (ICHD) and Michigan State University (MSU) were informed of a case of meningococcal (bacterial) meningitis in a non-MSU...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Nicaragua closed the year 2021 with the second highest number of malaria cases in the last two decades. According to the Epidemiological Bulletin 46, through the last...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health reports closely monitoring two human cases of avian influenza A(H5N6) in the Mainland. The...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews On January 24, 2022, the WHO Regional Reference Laboratory in Helsinki confirmed poliovirus type 2 (VDPV-2) in a sample from a 2-year-old child from Ukraine. The sample...