By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Sindh Health Department reported 87,751 malaria cases through September this year, accounting for approximately 97 percent of all vectorborne disease in the province. The...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Officials in Punjab province, Pakistan reported 463 new dengue fever cases today, of which, 365 cases were reported in the capital city of Lahore. This puts the dengue total...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Advisory issued for control of dengue virus The National Institute of Health’s Field Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Division on Friday issued an advisory regarding prevention...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the dengue outbreak in Pakistan, health officials in Punjab province in eastern Pakistan report dengue fever cases are rising at an alarming rate. Today, provincial...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) case reported in Ukraine, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) added some information concerning...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 According to data from the Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority (SBTA), 5.28 percent of blood donors in the province were positive to one or more of the infectious diseases tested. Blood...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Officials in Pakistan are reporting a continued increase in dengue fever cases, with the numbers in the thousands, and experts warn the next coming weeks will be critical. The...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the following countries of South Asia, or the Indian subcontinent are reporting higher-than-usual numbers...

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Pakistan National Institute of Health reported an additional 52 extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid fever the week ending Aug. 14 in Karachi, bringing the total cases...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews With the back-to-back lethal cases of the “brain-eating amoeba”, Naegleria fowleri this month–in California and North Carolina–I wanted to...