NewsDesk @bactiman63 Health officials in the United Kingdom report record levels of gonorrhea and syphilis diagnoses in 2022, prompting the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) to remind the public that...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is reporting increases in scarlet fever and invasive Group A strep (iGAS) this year. Concerning scarlet fever, following higher than expected...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a update on the monkeypox situation in England, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has detected 4 additional cases of monkeypox, 3 in London and one linked case in the north...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 On today’s livestream I’ll be looking at the situation with hepatitis of unknown origin in children worldwide, MERS in Qatar, the latest from North Korea state media on...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), Public Health Scotland, Public Health Wales and the Public Health Agency are continuing to investigate a rise in cases of sudden onset hepatitis...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) published an update today on the ongoing outbreak of Salmonella linked to certain Kinder products produced by the Ferrero Group. As of 13 April,...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 UK health authorities have confirmed an imported case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in England. The woman had recently travelled to Central Asia. The patient was diagnosed...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the recent Lassa fever cases reported in England (HERE and HERE), the World Health Organization (WHO) provided more details in a statement released Monday. On 9...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Working in collaboration with industry, academia and the Defence Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), an antibiotic developed to treat urinary tract infections, finafloxacin, has been...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the report of Lassa fever in the United Kingdom, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirms that the probable case of Lassa fever under investigation is now...