By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 Afghanistan reported two additional wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases  in Hilmand province, bringing the total to 56 in 2020 to date. The number of circulating vaccine-derived...

By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 The Directorate General of Health in Bangladesh reported an additional 16 dengue fever cases in the past day, including 14 cases in Dhaka, bringing the country total to 1,026...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 New Zealand health officials report six members of the Pakistan men’s cricket team have tested positive for COVID-19 at their managed isolation facility at the Chateau on the...

 In annual outbreaks throughout Bangladesh, Nipah virus kills around 70 percent of the people it infects. The virus, a distant relative of measles, has no vaccine and no proven medical countermeasures....

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The India Ministry of Health is now reporting more than 7 million total confirmed COVID-19 cases, the second country to reach this level. Of the total of 7,053,806 cases, 6,077,976,...

Sanofi Pasteur India announced the launch of Tetraxim® (DTaP-IPV). The booster vaccine is indicated for preschoolers and provides protection against four major diseases – Diphtheria, Pertussis,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Just about a month after Africa was declared free of wild poliovirus, global wild poliovirus and circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) continue to rise, according...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews India’s Ministry of Health is now reporting more than 5 million COVID-19 cases as of September 16. The second most populous country is now reporting 5,020,359...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The India Ministry of Health reported nearly 91,000 COVID-19 cases Monday, putting the country total to 4,204,613, bypassing Brazil to become the country with the...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews During the past week, Brazil and India both surpassed the 4 million COVID-19 case mark, only following the United States as far as total cases. Brazil The Brazil...