By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The number of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases reported in Afghanistan has risen to 26 after officials reported seven new cases during the past week. According...

Researchers have shown that a variation in the viral genome of Covid-19 improved its ability to infect human cells and helped it become the dominant strain circulating around the world today. The study,...

For the first time, scientists have shown that the bacterium that causes the tick-borne disease anaplasmosis interferes with tick gene expression for its survival inside cells and to spread to a new vertebrate...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Mongolia Ministry of Health is reporting (computer translated) a suspect case of plague in the western part of the country. According to health officials-translated,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) reported an additional 999 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total to 38,511. 404 are considered “late” cases...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The number of COVID-19 cases in Brazil increased by nearly 34,000 putting the total confirmed case count in the country to 1,402,041. This includes 790,040 people...