Scientists warn that the most popular type of banana could be on the brink of extinction due to a disease outbreak that’s ravaging the common food staple. “Nobody is even close to solving the problem,”...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In an update today from the Kerala Health Services, Kerala has so far confirmed a total of six cases of Nipah infection since the latest outbreak in the Kozhikode district. Two individuals...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on our report about suspected Nipah virus cases/deaths in Kerala state, India, Kerala Health Services released the following earlier today (computer translated): Health...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Kerala Health Department issued an alert after the death of two people suspected to be caused by the Nipah virus in Kozhikode district. Health Minister Veena George said, “Nipah...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Pakistan Health authorities in Karachi, Pakistan have reported the fourth case and death of primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) caused by the free living amoeba, Naegleria fowleri...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to health officials in Gujarat state, on the western coast of India, a 51-year old man from Lakhapar village in Kutch’s Anjar taluka has reportedly died due to Crimean...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Health officials in the municipality of Koraput report an anthrax outbreak in the villages of Dasmantpur block in which 12 cases have been reported, according to a New Indian Express...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Five-year-old boy dies of rabies at Indus Hospital A five-year-old boy became the first victim of rabies encephalitis as he died at the Indus Hospital Karachi on Friday night, 45...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Taiwan The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports a new imported measles case in a man in his 30s who recently traveled to Thailand. He traveled to Thailand...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Chickenpox in Kolkata A single hospital in the city has reported 26 deaths from from chickenpox over the last three months, the highly unusual spurt in fatalities causing concern...