After warning us in 2011 about a huge reservoir of Plasmodium knowlesi  in the monkeys and how the increasing human populations and deforestation could shift the disease to humans, Director of the...

The number of dengue fever cases and deaths have increase by more than 10,000 and 20, respectively, in Malaysia during the past month, according to new data published by the Malaysian news source, The...

With many of the most populous, densely-packed cities in the world, one must wonder, how is Asia preparing for the risk of Ebola? In Vietnam, the Ministry of Health introduced Friday guidelines for diagnosis,...

A cluster of the bacterial disease, leptospirosis, has prompted Malaysian health authorities to temporarily close a popular national park, according to a Star Online report. The two week closure of the Jeram...

While some southeast Asian countries are reporting significantly less dengue fever cases in 2014 as compared to last year (Thailand and the Philippines), Malaysia has experienced the opposite as numbers...

Guangdong province in southern China have experienced a dengue fever outbreak this summer, with the capital of Guangzhou accounting for the bulk of cases, according to a Xinhua report Tuesday. The provincial...

The National News Agency of Malaysia is reporting that the dengue fever epidemic this year has exceeded last year’s case count by more than 45,000. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said, “Accumulated...

Epidemiological week 29 in Malaysia was a huge week for the mosquito borne virus, dengue fever as the Southeast Asian country recorded 3,142 cases, the most in any one week in 2014, according to a Sun...

The dengue fever epidemic in Malaysia continues chugging along as 292 cases of the mosquito borne virus were reported on July 18, including 125 cases reported in Selangor alone, according to the Malaysian...

The number of dengue fever cases and deaths are up dramatically in Malaysia according to new numbers released by the health ministry.  The National News Agency of Malaysia reported today that the southeast...