NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Here is some of the most current numbers from three important outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): Monkeypox Health authorities reported an additional...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Japan reported 7,873 syphilis cases in 2021, the highest number of cases in years. According to the Japan National Institute of Infectious Diseases,...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Ukraine Ministry of Health reported 88 outbreaks of botulism in 2021, as a result of which 98 people became ill, including three children. Ten cases were fatal. 79...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Hong Kong government reported on the following today (computer translated): In view of the fact that hamsters in the Causeway Bay pet store have tested positive for...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews A case of hantavirus was confirmed in Chubut province in Southern Argentina. The patient is a 29-year-old man who works at the Esquel Pescadores Club within the Los...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Health Bureau in Macao reported four additional H9N2 avian influenza cases in Mainland China in late 2021. The four cases one male and three females, aged from 3...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Ugandan health officials report a Rift Valley Fever (RVF) outbreak in Kagadi district in the western part of the country. One man has died from the disease. A 34-year-old...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Northeastern Syria, which is controlled by the “Syrian Democratic Forces” (SDF), is witnessing a sharp rise in the number of leishmaniasis cases, according...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Uruguay Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fishing reported Thursday outbreaks of anthrax in cattle, horses, and possibly humans, in the department of Rocha,...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Shigella outbreak declared in October 2021 in San Diego County among people experiencing homelessness is over, officials announced Friday. The last shigella case...