Karachi health officials have reported the eighth case and fatality due to infection with the parasite, Naegleria fowleri late last week, according to a Pakistan news source. The adult male died at a private...

Several of the major cities of the Indian subcontinent have been experiencing a rise in cases of dengue fever. In Sri Lanka, the Colombo Municipal Council has reported an increase in the commercial capital...

The brain-eating amoeba has returned to Sindh province, Pakistan with a vengeance since the first case, an 18 year old woman, died from the parasitic disease in late April. According to Dunya News today,...

Pakistani media report the fifth death due to the brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri in the past month. In 2014, some 14 people died due to contracting the lethal parasite in the country. Naegleria...

The deaths of two men in the Simdega district of Jharkand state that occurred in early May are currently being investigated by the state’s Integrated Disease Surveillance Program as suspected anthrax...

For the fourth time in one month, health authorities in Sindh province, Pakistan have reported a fatality due to the “brain-eating amoeba”, Naegleria fowleri. According to the Pakistani news...

After reporting the first Naegleria fowleri, or “brain-eating amoeba” death of 2015 last month in Karachi, Pakistan media reports that two additional deaths due to parasite have been reported...

A woman from Ammapettai, Tamil Nadu died of rabies yesterday, about two weeks after being bitten by a puppy. The Press Trust of India reports the 45-year-old victim initially neglected the bite wound...

Pakistani health officials are testing over 300 suspected polio cases at the National Institutes of Health in Islamabad, which could make the country’s polio case count go up. As of April 29, Pakistan...

After a horrible 2014 in Karachi, Pakistan where at least 14 deaths were recorded linked to the “brain-eating amoeba”, Naegleria fowleri, provincial health authorities confirmed Wednesday the...