By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Typhoon Bailu made landfall Saturday afternoon in Taiwan and in the aftermath of the storm, health officials once again stress that the week after the rain is a critical...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Taiwan Department of Disease Control (DDC) announced today that there were 2 new cases of local dengue fever in Tainan. The cases include a 70-year-old male and...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Taiwan health officials reported two additional locally transmitted dengue fever cases in Tainan City on Wednesday. The patients were a 40-year-old woman from Da Enli in the...

In a follow-up on the Japanese encephalitis situation in Taiwan, the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan CDC) announced 7 new Japanese encephalitis cases confirmed in Taiwan last week. The new...

Taiwan’s biggest dengue fever outbreak ended the year at more than 43,000 cases, nearly triple last year’s total of 15,732 cases. The good news is the outbreak has slowed dramatically with...

Dengue experts from 12 countries meet in Taiwan this week to promote the exchange and sharing of knowledge and information on dengue prevention and control.  The International Conference on Dengue Prevention...

While Taiwan health officials have made some poor predictions concerning the current record dengue fever outbreak, eg., ” “hopefully”predicted the dengue outbreak could end in September and stated...

The number of dengue fever cases in Taiwan continue to rise as the country’s Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported an additional 328 cases. This brings the total cases on the island country to 28,429...

Late last week, Taiwanese health officials announced one new indigenous measles case confirmed in a 19-year-old male who resides in Xinying District, Tainan City. The case history is as follows: On October...

Taiwan health officials are reporting slightly different dengue fever activity in Tainan City and Kaohsiung City as the cumulative count in the country has seen a new low since September. The current...