By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued travel notices for the African countries of Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews When you think of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2019, the first outbreak that naturally come to your mind is the ongoing Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Now that 2019 is officially over and all the data has been tabulated, the numbers are available to create the “Most Viewed Stories of 2019” on the website....

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In 2018, health officials in England reported three monkeypox cases– two imported cases in travelers from Nigeria and one in a healthcare worker. Today, health...

In this video, I look at some of the important infectious disease outbreaks in the most populous country in Africa, Nigeria. The recent yellow fever outbreak in Bauchi State, with the epicenter being...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Nigeria health officials reported five new confirmed monkeypox cases in September, as the country continues to report sporadic cases for the past two years. In September,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials have reported a confirmed case of monkeypox in the Ekondo-Titi health district in South-west region of Cameroon last week. Supportive measures for...

Bavarian Nordic A/S today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved JYNNEOS™ (Smallpox and Monkeypox Vaccine, Live, Non-replicating) (MVA-BN®, liquid-frozen) for prevention...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Ongoing outbreaks of Lassa fever and monkeypox in Nigeria has prompted the continuance of travel notices issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this...

By Robert Herriman   @infectiousdiseasenews To put it straight, the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is just plain bad…horrible. The crisis is complex –large,...