By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine is urging the public to get their flu vaccine as flu season intensifies. As of December 28, there have been more...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reported one laboratory-confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in late December...

The Lancet Infectious Diseases recently published the results of an observational study led by researchers on Children’s Hospital Colorado Infectious Disease and Neurology teams, along with counterparts...

Lipari Foods has issued a voluntary recall of various Premo and Fresh Grab wedge sandwiches due to potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism, which can...

Weight Control & Diabetes Research Center partners with U. of Alabama in $2.5M NIH study Can a wearable device that monitors what you eat help you lose weight? Researchers at The Miriam Hospital, in...

Researchers from the universities of Regensburg, Munich, Giessen, and Freiburg, the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg and the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI) provided new insights...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The National Department of Health in Papua New Guinea has reported it’s third confirmed measles case in recent weeks. The cases include a three-year-old girl...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Costa Rica Ministry of Health reported Tuesday (computer translated) on the second ever Naegleria fowleri, or “brain-eating amoeba” infection in their history. The...

Bacterial exposure has been identified as a potential environmental risk factor in developing ceeliac disease, a hereditary autoimmune-like condition that affects about one in 70 Australians. It is estimated...

A novel nanoparticle vaccine that combines two major influenza proteins is effective in providing broad, long-lasting protection against influenza virus in mice, showing promise as a universal flu vaccine,...