By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported the first case of Hantavirus syndrome (hemorrhagic fever) of 2021. The case was a male in his 50s who lives in the south....

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Iowa state health officials report confirming three cases of the COVID-19 variant, SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7. Two of the three B.1.1.7 cases were detected in Johnson County, an adult...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In a follow-up on human rabies cases in South Africa, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reports the death of a 10-year-old child in the township of Umbumbulu...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The new Brazilian variant of COVID-19 is already present in 91 percent of COVID-19 cases analyzed in the state of Amazonas, which is experiencing a dramatic health collapse,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Following the report out of South Carolina two days ago concerning the first two cases in the US associated with the SARS-CoV-2 variant that first emerged recently...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported one human infection with a novel influenza A virus in Wisconsin. This person was infected with an influenza A(H3N2)...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 An outbreak of pertussis (whooping cough) has been declared in the Dehcho region of the Northwest Territories (NWT) by the Office of the Chief Public Health Officer. There are...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews South Carolina health officials announced today the detection of two cases associated with the SARS-CoV-2 variant that first emerged recently in South Africa. These...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Today, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) issued a public health advisory due to Lassa fever. Lassa fever remains a major public health challenge in West Africa with...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Norway’s National Institute of Public Health said in the second update of the risk assessment on variants of the coronavirus that they are likely to become a threat to...