By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that a number of countries in Africa are experiencing measles outbreaks and says all travelers to Africa, including...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The World Health Organization (WHO) reports a 79 percent increase in measles cases globally during the first two months of 2022, compared the same period last year. Almost 17,338...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) renewed their polio travel notice for Africa Tuesday. There are polio outbreaks in several countries in Africa....

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...

Angola reported it’s first circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) from Cambulo district of Lunda Notre province. This district borders areas in the Democratic Republic of the  Congo...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In an update on the global polio situation, at the twenty-first meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the international...

New cases There was a number of wild poliovirus and circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus cases reported this past week, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). In Afghanistan, three...

Yemen Yemeni health officials reported an additional 27,840 suspected cases of cholera with 48 associated deaths during the week ending April 14. Eighteen percent of these are considered severe cases. The...

Here are the top five posts on Outbreak News Today for the week Dec. 1 through Dec. 7: 5. Somalia cholera outbreak one year later Our number five post of the week reported on the latest on the cholera...

The Ministry of Health of Somalia has announced 27 new suspected cases of cholera, with one death, reported in Banadir region for epidemiological week 46 (12 to 18 November) of 2018.  Of these new cases,...