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Traci Hardig, mother of Naegleria survivor, Kali Hardig, loses battle with cancer

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The mother of the 12-year-old Benton, Arkansas girl who last year made it to the very small list of survivors of the deadly amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, has lost her own lengthy battle with breast cancer. 42-year-old...

Black-legged tick

Mice infected with Lyme disease help spread babesiosis: Yale researcher

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Mice that are already infected with the pathogen that causes Lyme disease appear to facilitate the spread of a lesser-known but emerging disease, babesiosis, into new areas. Research led by the Yale School...

Egypt reports 25th and 26th H5N1 avian flu cases for 2014

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The Egyptian Ministry of Health has in the past two consecutive days confirmed two additional human H5N1 avian influenza (AI) cases, one from Helwan governorate of Cairo and one from Asyut province (computer...

Hong Kong: Imported live chickens test positive for H7 bird flu in serology surveillance

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The Hong Kong Government today (December 30) found in a consignment of imported live chickens a number of samples tested positive in H7 avian influenza (AI) serological tests, whilst all swab samples collected...

Aedes mosquito

Colombia, Mexico and Puerto Rico report additional chikungunya cases

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Nearly all of the additional 25,000 or so chikungunya cases in the Americas can be attributed to just a handful of countries, according to new data from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Monday. In...

China reports additional H7N9 avian flu case in Shenzhen

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The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) is today (December 30) closely monitoring an additional human case of avian influenza A(H7N9) in Shenzhen notified by...

Ebola case confirmed in Scotland

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A confirmed case of Ebola has been diagnosed in Glasgow, Scotland. NHS Scotland infectious diseases procedures have now been put into effect and the patient has been isolated and is receiving treatment...

West Africa Ebola cases top 20,000, malaria concerns mount

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The Ebola Virus Disease outbreak hit a milestone of sorts, I guess it could be described as macabre, but the number of cases in the three West African countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone has...

Bird Flu Update, Part 2 with Mike Coston

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With the enormous amount of news and information concerning avian influenza, or bird flu, avian cases and human, I thought it was necessary to bring back Mike Coston with Avian Flu Diary on the Outbreak...

Ron Klain, the ‘Ebola czar’, weighs in on the outbreak, CDC’s sample mishandling

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Despite being on the job for more than 2 months, we’ve seen or heard little from President Obama’s “Ebola czar”, Ron Klain. In a rare appearance on CBS’s Face the Nation, Klain...