By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 A case of human rabies was confirmed from Limpopo Province in March 2021, according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD). The case involved a 7-year-old...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Philippines Department of Health reported a record 15,310 additional COVID-19 cases on Friday; however, 3,709 were backlog cases from March 31 when issues were...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports investigating an outbreak of 19 Salmonella infections in 8 states (CA, KY, MS, NH, OK, OR, TN, WA). Eight...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Soon after the massive 2018-2020 measles outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in which some 460,000 cases were reported, including 8000 deaths was recorded, Doctors...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) reported today a new Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) case  in Soulouta village, N’Zérékoré...

The faster-spreading B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 first detected in the United Kingdom, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, is quickly on its way to becoming the dominant variant of the virus in the...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Vietnam Food Administration is reporting at least one botulism death and several suspected cases in localities such as Kon Tum province and Binh Duong province. The...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews A report from the Swedish Public Health Agency shows that of the several hundred thousand people in Sweden who have received two COVID-19 vaccine doses and about 200...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Iloilo Provincial Health Office (PHO) is reporting five human rabies deaths  during the first three months of 2021. This compares to seven human rabies deaths...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Peru Minister of Health, Óscar Ugarte said a study by the National Institute of Health (INS) determined that approximately 40% of cases of the new coronavirus cases...