NewsDesk @bactiman63 A 41-year-old woman residing in Simões Filho , in the Metropolitan Region of Salvador , is hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in the capital of Bahia after being diagnosed...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In Southern Bahia state, particularly in the municipality of Itabela, malaria cases have been increasing since late April when the first case was discovered. To date,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Brazil Ministry of Health has reported 38,085 chikungunya cases through May 30 this year. This number is down from 109,000 cases this period in 2019. Of the cases...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Brazil has 13 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country. There are 10 cases in São Paulo, one in Rio de Janeiro, one in Espírito Santo and another case in Bahia. Through...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Bahia Department of Health (Sesab) reported 67,373 probable cases of dengue as of December 10, representing  an increase of 622.6% over the same period of 2018,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Bahia State in Brazil are reporting a massive increase in cases in 2019 as compared to last year, according to a Voz da Bahia report (computer...

In a follow-up on the yellow fever vaccination campaign in Brazil, according to the Ministry of Health epidemiological bulletin published last week, the three states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia and São...

Health officials in the city of Camaçari in Bahia State, Brazil is reporting a nearly 500 percent increase in human Sporotrichosis cases, prompting calls to make the fungal mycosis a mandatory notifiable...

According to the Ministry of Health today, from July 1, 2017 to February 15 of this year, 409 cases of yellow fever were confirmed in the country, 183 in São Paulo, 157 in Minas Gerais, 68 in Rio de Janeiro...

In 2017, Brazil reported an increase in malaria. According to the Pan America Health Organization (PAHO), between January and November of 2017, there were 174,522 malaria cases reported in the Amazon...