NewsDesk @bactiman63 So far this season there has been an unusually low level of influenza in Norway, but from week 10 the increase has been marked, says doctor Trine Hessevik Paulsen at FHI. In week...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The World Health Organization (WHO) reported a total of 75 cases and 2 deaths due to monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) the last week of February. During the...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Uganda Ministry of Health (MOH) declared a yellow fever outbreak. On 6 March 2022, the MOH reported four cases of yellow fever (YF) confirmed by plaque reduction neutralization...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Kao USA Inc. is asking consumers to check their Jergens® Ultra Healing Moisturizer 3 oz and 10 oz products to determine if it is part of a voluntary recall of the product. Select...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) confirmed that a calf raised near Highway 28 South in Clemson, S.C., has tested positive for rabies. The...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Arkansas state health officials report every region in Arkansas is seeing an increase in the number of syphilis cases, especially among women. From 2017 to 2021 there was a 164% increase...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Earlier this week, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has advised the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) of the confirmed presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Yellow fever According to the International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the current outbreak was first reported in January 2022. Its confirmation took...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The government of Timor-Leste has recorded more than 1,000 dengue fever cases in each of the first three months of 2022, reporting a total of 3,713 cases through March 29. This compares...