By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Philippines Department of Health reported 3,410 new COVID-19 infections today, bringing the country’s total to 2,787,276 since the beginning of the pandemic. A total...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the hepatitis A outbreak in the Roanoke, Virginia area linked to Famous Anthony’s restaurants, officials with the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Maternal vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy was associated with 44% increased risk of ASD in the offspring when compared to mothers who had sufficient levels of vitamin D...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reports 122,203 chikungunya cases year to date in the Americas. This compares with 103,000 total cases reported in all of 2020. Brazil...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Health authorities in Riverside County, CA report what is believed to be the first human case of hantavirus in the county. The individual contracted the rare virus and was briefly...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 On Friday, the Hon. Rev. Dr. Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa, the Prime Minister of Tonga announced the arrival of the first confirmed COVID-19 case on the Pacific Island nation of slightly...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 On Friday, the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) declared a measles outbreak in Kambia District. There have been a total of three confirmed cases from a...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Ghana Health Services (GHS) reported Friday that they have received interim laboratory results of an unusual disease from the Savannah Region that has led to the deaths of...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the multistate Salmonella Oranienburg outbreak linked to onions imported from Mexico,  the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  reports an...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert because Euro Foods, a Freeland, Penn. establishment, produced...