On a follow-up on the measles outbreak concentrated in the eastern part of Zimbabwe, the health ministry reported an additional six suspected measles deaths from Masvingo, bringing the death toll to 704...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Officials in the northern Afghanistan province of Badakhshan say at least 74 children have died in a measles outbreak in Kuf Ab and Kohistan districts, according to a Afghan Islamic...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In a joint World Health Organization (WHO) and US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) report Friday, the number of measles cases climb to a global total of 869,770, the highest...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The number of measles fatalities in the world’s worst measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has topped 6,000, according to the World Health...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization (WHO) reported this week that last year saw more than 140,000 measles-related fatalities across the globe. According to officials, the...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Samoan health authorities have reported seven additional measles fatalities since our last report yesterday. As of November 26, the Ministry of Health confirms a...

In a follow-up on the measles epidemic in the Philippines, government officials report a total of 12,736 cases through Feb. 24. In addition, the number of deaths in the current outbreak has risen to...

Here is a look at some interesting infectious disease and health news, opinion and research reported across the globe: Canada reports world’s first case of rat-to-human hepatitis E infection outside...

A person on my Facebook page, Infectious disease news, who frequently posts anti-vaccine comments and links to certain posts placed a link to a article from a website called Natural News. The author,...

In 2016, an estimated 90 000 people died from measles – an 84% drop from more than 550 000 deaths in 2000 – according to a new report published today by leading health organizations. This marks the...