Here is a look at some interesting infectious disease and health news, opinion and research reported across the globe: LSTM and Imperial College Researchers design new anti-influenza drugs Researchers...

Pakistan closes out 2018 with two December wild poliovirus cases (with onset on the 16th and 25th) from Lakki Marwat district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and Bajour Agency in the Federally Administered...

Here is a look at some interesting infectious disease and health news reported across the globe: Researchers at LSTM show that parasites from patients with cerebral malaria stick preferentially in their...

Here is a look at some important infectious disease news reported across the globe: Pakistan and Afghanistan: the final wild poliovirus bastion As recently as 30 years ago, wild poliovirus paralysed more...

The Sindh Malaria Control Program reported 108,262 lab-confirmed malaria cases in 2018, according to a Pakistani media report today. Fortunately, no fatalities were reported. The city of Karachi saw 2,400,...

In a follow-up on a report from August concerning an extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid outbreak in Pakistan, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported today that health officials say the outbreak...

Closest ever to its goal of stopping Polio virus circulation, Pakistan starts the last nationwide door to door Polio vaccination campaign of the year from 10th December. During these days, over 270,000...

Hong Kong health officials are alerting the public to an increase in hepatitis A cases since October 1. Since that time, 14 cases have been reported, while the previous none months saw just 1-5 cases per...

Two new cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) have been reported this week in Pakistan. Both cases are from FATA province, with onset of paralysis on 1 September and 7 October respectively. The total...

Pakistan saw two additional cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in the past week, bringing the total in the country to six. According to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the new cases were...