NewsDesk @bactiman63 In its epidemiological update on yellow fever, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warns that, in the Region of the Americas, the risk of new outbreaks of the disease of varying...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 From the beginning of the year through October 8, WHO officials have reported a total of 2,499,358 cases of dengue in the Americas. The highest number of dengue cases in the...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Through December 10, 2021, 1,173,674 total dengue fever cases were reported in the Americas. The Southern Cone reported the highest number of dengue cases with a total...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Hispaniola is the second largest island in the Caribbean1 (after Cuba) and is comprised of two countries: Haiti and the Dominican Republic. To date in the Western hemisphere,...

By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice for travelers to parts of Central and South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean due to the ongoing...

A multi-country research team set out to determine the distribution of Taenia saginata in the Americas in a recent study published in the journal, Parasites and Vectors. Taenia saginata is a zoonotic...

Last week, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) met in Washington, DC to discuss the current status of Chagas, as well as future management of the disease. Progress has been made with vector...

The Region of the Americas is the first in the world to have eliminated measles, a viral disease that can cause severe health problems, including pneumonia, blindness, brain swelling and even death. This...

Dengue, chikungunya and Zika viruses are all transmitted by the Aedes mosquito, which is present in much of the Western hemisphere. So it should come as no surprise that these three viral diseases are...