By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials at the Indus Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan announced another human rabies fatality today in a 60-year-old man who was bitten by a stray dog and didn’t...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews For the second time in a week, a human rabies death has been reported at the Indus Hospital in Karachi. Last week, a 6-year-old boy died from the lethal virus and...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Pakistani media report an additional human rabies death in Karachi Friday night. According to the report, the victim is a six-year-old boy who reported at the Indus...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their travel notice for Pakistan and the outbreak of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid fever this...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews A human rabies death has been reported in Karachi, according to a Dunya News report. The victim was a 6-year-old boy, resident of Moro area in Sindh province. The...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 A man from the city of Thatta in Sindh province, Pakistan died from rabies after a dog bite due to the local hospital not having rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). The...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Village officials are reporting a chickenpox outbreak that has affected hundreds of people across all age groups in Bihar’s Gaya district in eastern India. Village officials...

The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG) is a grouping of 10 National Laboratories that was established by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt of India on 25/12/2020. INSACOG is since...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 A patient in Karachi has been diagnosed with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), according to a report in The Nation. “A patient infected with CCHF has been admitted at...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 A 34-year-old Khairpur man is the first reported case of rabies in Sindh, according to a SAMAA report. The man was reportedly  bitten on the foot by a stray dog three months...