NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reissued a travel advisory for Asia on September 6, due to some countries reporting increased numbers of cases of the disease. Dengue...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Officials in Myanmar have recorded 7,835 cases of dengue fever and 31 deaths in the first half of 2022, according to a Siasat Daily report. Ayeyarwady, Yangon, Bago and Tanintharyi,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews According to 2nd Quarter 2021 data from the World Health Organization (WHO) Mekong Malaria Elimination Program published October 1, the Greater Mekong subregion (GMS)...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Myanmar has eliminated the blinding bacterial disease, trachoma, according to an announcement by the World Health Organization. “Myanmar’s multi-pronged approach...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials in Myanmar are reporting a diphtheria outbreak in eastern Shan State, according to a Thit Htoo Lwin report (computer translated). Since the end of July,...

Researchers led by the Global Health Program, Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park and Conservation Biology Institute published a study in PLoS One last week which looks at the detection of novel coronaviruses...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued travel notices for Africa and Asia because of polio outbreaks in a number of countries on each continent. Polio...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sport recently released the latest numbers on dengue fever in the country and they are reporting 23,203 cases through Nov. 23 this...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Pakistan reported an additional four wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases during the past week. Three cases were reported from Lakki Marwat district and one from Torghar...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In the latest on the global polio situation this year, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) reports two additional wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases and...