So far in 2018, three cases of extensively drug-resistant XDR typhoid fever were reported in travelers to Pakistan — one who returned to the United Kingdom, and two who returned to the United States. This...

With the flooding from Typhoon Gorio over the weekend, the Philippines Department of Health (DOH) issued a waterborne diseases advisory for the following–typhoid fever, cholera, leptospirosis,...

In a follow-up on the typhoid outbreak in Auckland, New Zealand, the Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) reports one additional person has been identified as a possible case of typhoid and...

Health authorities in the south-eastern Zimbabwe town of Masvingo are reporting an outbreak of the bacterial infection, typhoid, where four cases were admitted to the local hospital, according to a ZimEye.com...

The El Salvador Ministry of Health issued a health warning about increased number of typhoid fever in the country reported in recent week, according to a local media report (computer translated). Health...

In late February, Tropical Cyclone Winston raked across the island of Fiji as a Category 5 storm with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph, becoming the first such storm on record to hit the island. The...

An Outbreak Response Team was activated in Gauteng province, South Africa after at least four cases of typhoid fever were reported in Johannesburg this month. The cases were identified in the Hillbrow,...

Health officials on the Visayan province of Negro Oriental are reported an increase in cases and deaths due to the bacterial infection, typhoid fever, according to a Visayan Daily Star report today. From...

Bollywood provides more than entertainment to the 1 billion people of India, the stars of the cinema are also in the news occasionally on topics of infectious diseases. 73-year-old actor, Amitabh Bachchan,...

Health authorities in Weld County, Colorado have confirmed three cases of typhoid fever among individuals who had eaten at a restaurant in Firestone in August, two which required hospitalization for their...