By Robert Herriman  @bactiman63 Most years, I put out an end of year list of the Top 10 infectious disease news stories; however, this year is different with COVID-19. Instead, I want to do a Top 10 list...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Wuhan China’s Wuhan plans to build a pool of convalescent plasma collected from donors who have recovered from COVID-19, to help more patients. Wuhan Blood...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission  reported five new COVID-19 cases in the city. This cluster are the first new cases in...

Researchers have identified a total of four cases of newborn babies with COVID-19 infection in China. In all cases the babies experienced only mild symptoms with none requiring intensive care or mechanical...

In a new study, researchers identified the most common characteristics of 85 COVID-19 patients who died in Wuhan, China in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic. The study reports on commonalities...

The novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that emerged in the city of Wuhan, China, last year and has since caused a large-scale COVID-19 epidemic and spread to more than 70 other countries is the product of natural...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Being of an older age, showing signs of sepsis, and having blood clotting issues when admitted to hospital are key risk factors associated with higher risk of death...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Official numbers coming out of China have seen a significant drop in recent days with the latest information from Chinese authorities showing 433 new confirmed cases...

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Taiwan Today, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced two more cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). One of the cases is a female in her 80s (21st case) while...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Thailand Thailand health officials reported a new COVID-19 case, the 35th to date, in a 60-year-old Chinese woman whose family members earlier contracted the virus. So...