By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization (WHO) put out a report this week that shows that some 440,000 measles cases have been reported during the past 10 months or so in 2019. In...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up to a video done in October https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9fLD… , I take a look at the current polio situation–both wild poliovirus and...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The CDC says flu season is early in the United States with widespread activity seen in several states and the southern US hit especially hard so far. In this video,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Earlier this week, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) release the latest data on malaria in the Region of the Americas. In this video, I focus on the “official”...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Measles is spreading to a number of Pacific Islands and most contribute this spread to travel from New Zealand, which has had a serious outbreak, particularly in Auckland,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the pneumonic plague cases reported in China earlier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cf6n… , officials in Inner Mongolia, China report a...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization said this week, “The rise in outbreaks this year is a wake-up call for governments, policymakers and researchers to strengthen surveillance...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews It’s been nearly 3 months since I did an update on the vaping illness outbreak and today we see the numbers have far exceeded 2,000 cases in the US. I not only...

A number of reports came out yesterday concerning an Ebola Virus Disease case reported in the landlocked kingdom of Lesotho, which is encircled by South Africa. In this video, I look at these reports,...

Arizona reports the most Valley fever, or coccidioidomycosis cases in the US, accounting for between half and two-thirds of all cases annually. This week, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed a proclamation...