A new study from researchers at the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) on the primary mosquito vector of Plasmodium knowlesi, or monkey malaria will publish in the next issue of PLOS One. The research...

The Sarawak state health lab reported Friday that a Kuching man bitten by a dog in November tested positive for rabies, making him the seventh case in the Malaysian state sine June 2017. The 59-year-old...

In a follow-up to the human rabies outbreak in Serian District, Sarawak, Borneo, a fourth child from the district has been admitted to the hospital with suspected rabies. The Star Online reports, Women,...

In a follow-up to the rabies situation in Serian District, Sarawak, Borneo, where three children were reportedly infected with the lethal virus, Malaysian media report that two of the siblings died today. The...

Three children are “gravely ill” with confirmed rabies in Serian District, Sarawak on the Malaysian state on Borneo, according to multiple media reports. The children, all seven years and...

Health officials in the Sarawak state of  Borneo, Malaysia are on high alert as the “monkey malaria”, Plasmodium knowlesi has been detected in three villages near the capital city of Kuching,...

Health officials in Borneo say they have reported a three-fold increase in hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) this year compared to 2014 and this has prompted Malaysian health authorities to urge the...