A nine-month-old girl has become the sixth Naegleria fowleri, or “brain-eating amoeba” fatality reported in the Karachi area in the past two months, according to a Dawn.com report today. It...

The number of cases and fatalities due to the “brain-eating amoeba”, Naegleria fowleri has increased by two this week, bringing the total number of cases in Karachi to five in the past two...

Four people from Koraput district, Odisha, India have been hospitalized and treated for anthrax infections after allegedly consuming a sick goat, according to a Times of India report. “Patients...

Pakistan, which recorded an outbreak of the “brain-eating” amoeba, Naegleria fowleri in 2012, which killed 10 people,  has recorded it’s first case and fatality in 2014 in a man from...

The Indian capital of New Delhi has reported a large jump in measles cases over the past quarter, according to an Indian Express report today. Most cases are seen in children from the congested areas...

The World Health Organization office in Pakistan has reported two cases of the tick-borne viral disease, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, during the month of May, according to Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin...

The Indian capital is reporting a spike in the viral childhood disease, chickenpox, particularly in adults, with approximately 300 cases reported, including one fatality, according to an Indian Express...

An outbreak of typhoid has struck the Bajura District in western Nepal a week ago and the numbers continue to rise. According to a Himalayan Times report Thursday, hospitals are treating a swelling number...

The  Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) in Dhaka has reported the presence of chikungunya in the capital city of Dhaka, advising the public to be aware of the mosquito borne...

January 13, 2011. That is the date one year ago today, when a 2-year-old girl in the West Bengal state fell ill of the crippling disease polio. That was the last case of polio in India. Moreover, calling...