BREAKING
North Carolina: Significant increase in hepatitis A cases in Gaston County
Germany: H1N1v influenza case reported in teen
Vaccines
Smallpox vaccine to be supplied in response to new cases of monkeypox in the UK

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Bavarian Nordic A/S  announced Friday that the Company was recently engaged by Public Health England (PHE) and the Medicines and Health Products...

SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant: Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine recipients have lower antibody levels

Levels of antibodies in the blood of vaccinated people that are able to recognise and fight the new SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant first discovered in India (B.1.617.2) are on average lower...

Denmark: Of the target groups, 94.9 percent received the first COVID-19 vaccination
Brazil: Nearly 30 percent of target population vaccinated with the first dose against COVID-19
Research
Monoclonal antibody prevents HIV infection in monkeys, study finds

An experimental, lab-made antibody can completely prevent nonhuman primates from being infected with the monkey form of HIV, new research published in Nature Communications shows. The...

Naegleria fowleri: University of Georgia researcher receives grant to discover treatment

By Press Release  @infectiousdiseasenews Dr. Christopher Rice, an Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Georgia’s College of Pharmacy, has received a foundation grant...

Brazil research: Patients with dementia, especially Alzheimer’s run a threefold risk of dying as a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection
Brazil: Histoplasma is a major cause of death in people with HIV
Africa
Monkeypox in Nigeria and DRC updates

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Nigeria In 2017, Nigeria detected its first monkeypox case in 39 years. Since September 2017, Nigeria has continued to report sporadic cases of...

Ebola in Guinea update: Countdown to end of outbreak
Nigeria news today: Lassa fever update, Measles in Borno, Gastroenteritis in Bauchi
Asia
Malaysia: 4th human rabies case reported in Sarawak in 2021

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) reports one additional death of rabies case among humans in Sarawak, which was confirmed positive on 11 May...

China reports H5N8 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in birds in Yulin City, Shaanxi Province
H1N2v influenza case reported in Taiwan
Europe
Germany: H1N1v influenza case reported in teen

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization (WHO) reports on a a human case of infection with an influenza A(H1N1)v virus in Germany recently. The individual...

Monkeypox in the United Kingdom: WHO provides more details

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on a report yesterday about monkeypox cases reported in Wales, the World Health Organization (WHO) provided some additional details...

Monkeypox cases reported in Wales
Turkey records 13 Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever deaths year to date
US News
Nevada: First case of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome reported in Douglas County

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting the first case of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Douglas County. The individual is...

Michigan reports first hantavirus case

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and the Washtenaw County Health Department are investigating the first confirmed human...

Denver: ‘Officers have already responded to calls this spring in which people brought baby raccoons into their homes and played with them, which presents a serious rabies risk’
North Carolina: Significant increase in hepatitis A cases in Gaston County
Latin America and the Caribbean
Diphtheria outbreak in the Dominican Republic prompts CDC travel notice

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice last week for the Dominican Republic due to a diphtheria outbreak. We...

Panama reports increase in malaria
Brazil: Nearly 30 percent of target population vaccinated with the first dose against COVID-19
Outbreak News Interviews
Will SARS-CoV-2 become just another common cold?

The future prevalence and virulence of SARS-CoV-2 is uncertain. Researchers at the University of Utah try to answer the question–Will SARS-CoV-2 Become Just Another Seasonal...

Campylobacter can also be spread through sexual contact: OU study
The mental health of children in the time of pandemic