Officials with the Public Health Department of the Integrated Center for University Health and Social Services (CIUSSS) of Capitale-Nationale  (computer translated) has confirmed a measles case in an...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The landlocked African country of Burundi reports a lot of malaria, year in and year out, and during the first five months of 2019, the malaria burden is high once again. From...

Last Friday, the UN held it’s first World Food Safety Day and some staggering figures were released: An estimated 600 million — almost 1 in 10 people in the world — fall ill after eating contaminated...

By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 Sussex County, NJ are investigating two cases of  tick-borne viral infection with Powassan virus, the New Jersey Herald reports. One of those persons who tested positive for...

In a follow-up on the Nipah virus situation in Kerala, India, Union Minister of Health and Family, Dr Harsh Vardhan  stated today, “There have been no new cases of Nipah virus disease”. A...

By Robert Herriman  @bactiman63 The weather service in the Philippines, PAGASA says rainy season is will begin any day now and with the rain, storms and flooding comes the risk of increasing numbers...

Arizona state health officials report 353 hepatitis A outbreak cases since November 2018. May 2019 was the hardest hit month to date with 86 cases. Eight out of 10 cases required hospital treatment and...

In a follow-up on the mumps situation at the University of Florida (UF) in Gaineville, the student-owned newspaper, Alligator reports UF spokesperson Steve Orlando as saying 24 vaccinated students are...

By News Desk   @bactiman63 Iranian health authorities have reported twelve Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) since Mar. 21, according to a Tehran Times report. Of this total, two people have died. According...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 During the week of May 20, ARS Indian Ocean reported an additional 900 dengue fever cases on Reunion. After the epidemic peak in late April (more than 1,300 reported cases per...