By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Moderna vaccines (Spikevax) contain more active substance, mRNA, than Pfizer’s vaccine, which can have a more powerful effect on the immune system. The Swedish...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In South Africa, approximately 10 human rabies cases are reported annually, largely as a result of exposure to rabid dogs. A total of eight human cases have been confirmed...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews During the first eight months of 2021, a total of 1,312 suspect yellow fever cases were reported in 367 Local Government Areas (LGAs) across all 37 States including the...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 156 additional Cyclospora cases in the past month, putting the total cases since May 2021. The 1,020...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews On 29 August 2021, the Public Health, Epidemiological Surveillance and Response Department of the Ministry of Health, Madagascar received an alert from Arivonimamo...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews There is currently two norovirus outbreaks affecting US universities where in total, some 200 people have been affected: Georgetown University In an update on the...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Florida Department of Health reported five additional Vibrio vulnificus cases this week in Brevard, Charlotte, Franklin, Polk and Volusia counties. This brings...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews A measles case is under investigation by Calaveras Public Health in a child under the age of 5. The child was not vaccinated against measles and has since recovered....