By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews A suspected case of Guinea worm disease, or dracunculiasis, is being investigated in Agorkpoe Eloekope Community, North Tongu District, Volta Region in Ghana. The...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up to a report on a plague outbreak in Ituri province in northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) last week, officials say they are investigating...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Samples from a 19-year-old female from Mbarara district in Southwestern Uganda tested positive for Rift Valley Fever (RVF) at the Uganda Virus Research Institute...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) has detected the Indian COVID-19 variant in Kampala. According to officials from the Ministry of Health, the variant also...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Rhode Island health and environment officials are urging residents to safely enjoy the outdoors and to take additional precautions to avoid direct contact with ticks...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Authorities in Thailand have reported a human rabies death in Surin province in lower northeastern Thailand, according to the Thai news source, Sanook. The 39-year-old...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In the province of South Cotabato in southern Mindanao, the head of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) reported last week that the...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews On Thursday, the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced the first case of West Nile virus (WNV) infection reported in 2021, an older adult (aged 61 years...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews According to ARS Reunion Wednesday, from May 10 to 16, 2,074 cases of dengue were confirmed. The epidemic continues at a high level despite the onset of the southern...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In Saturday, May 29, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long announced that Vietnam has detected a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, which is a hybrid between the Indian and...