The World Health Organization says hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common infectious disease of infants and children. It is characterized by fever, painful sores in the mouth, and a rash with...

A 27-year-old man returning from Freetown, Sierra Leone has been quarantined at the Ho Chi Minh City Tropical Hospital  with symptoms of suspected Ebola, according to Vietnam press (computer translated). When...

Taiwan health officials made some additional moves in the battle for prevention of Zika virus in the country during the past couple days. Nearly one month after reporting an imported Zika virus case in a...

The news concerning worldwide polio has been quiet during the first several weeks of 2016; however, the first wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) and circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (cVDPV1)...

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health reported the latest number of cases of Legionnaires’ disease (LD) in Hong Kong Thursday, and stressed the importance of using and...

Sanofi Pasteur’s first on the market dengue fever vaccine, Dengvaxia, was first approved by the Philippines Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in December, the first country in Asia to do so and...

The Singapore Ministry of Health reported Wednesday on the second dengue fever related fatality in the city-state in 2016. The patient was a 67-year-old Singaporean male who stayed at Toa Payoh Lorong...

Chinese health officials reported last night the first case of Zika virus infection on the mainland. The National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) says the case is an imported, or travel-associated...

Health authorities in Thailand are reporting the first dengue-related fatality in the country. According to a Bureau of Epidemiology update, through Feb. 8, Thailand has reported a total of 6667 cases...

The “preliminary” final numbers are finally out and the Philippines saw an increase in dengue fever of nearly 65 percent in 2015 compared to the prior year. Through Dec. 31, the archipelago...