NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice Thursday for certain areas in Asia and Eastern Europe due to the risk of polio. The federal health agency...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Following reports from Europe and the United States recently of acute hepatitis of unknown origin, the Israel Ministry of Health reported Tuesday 12 cases of children that were brought...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In early March, the Israel Ministry of Health reported on a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 3 (cVDPV3) case in an unvaccinated child from Jerusalem. Since then, a number...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to the Israel Ministry of Health this week, The State of Israel is in the throes of a polio outbreak. In the Jerusalem area and the surrounding area – 7 asymptomatic...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to the Iran Front Page, Iran’s deputy health minister says 164 measles cases have been detected in the country blaming it on the influx of Afghan refugees into Iran. Kamal...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) declared that a case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has been confirmed. The case is a male resident aged 50 years. The patient has been...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up to recent circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 3 (cVDPV3) in Jerusalem, the Israel Ministry of Health issued some information about poliovirus, the vaccines...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the first polio case reported in Israel since 1989, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) provides more details: On Monday 7 March 2022, a case of circulating...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Israel Ministry of Health reported on a cow infected with rabies found in Tuba-Zangaria (in the pasture between Tuba and Moshav Elifelet), in the Upper Galilee last week. Two...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Israel Ministry of Health reported today a case of polio (child paralysis) in a 4-year-old child in Jerusalem who was unvaccinated. The source of the disease in this case, a polio...