Singapore has experienced several dengue epidemics in the past ~20 years and it appears that 2019 is one of those years. In this podcast, I look at the current situation (surpassing 10,000 cases this week)...

By NewsDesk    @infectiousdiseasenews The number of dengue fever cases in Singapore continues to rise with officials reporting about 500 cases during the most recent week. In fact, the National Environmental...

By Robert Herriman   @bactiman63 Since our last report on Singapore’s dengue fever situation on May 31, nearly 1000 additional cases have been reported in the Asian city-state. Through June 19,...

Viruses, spread through mosquito bites, cause human illnesses such as dengue fever, Zika and yellow fever. A new control technique harnesses a naturally occurring bacterium called Wolbachia that blocks...

Singapore health officials reported 3,285 dengue fever cases for the whole of last year. However, the National Environmental Agency (NEA) in Singapore reports around 4,000 cases through May 27. The increase...

Officials with the National Environment Agency (NEA) in Singapore are reporting that the number of weekly reported dengue cases have been on an upward trend and more than doubled in the past seven weeks. Through...

Researchers at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and QUT have found that the dengue fever mosquito common to parts of Queensland poses the greatest danger of spreading the Zika virus in Australia. The...

Brazilian health authorities report that the use of the bacterium, Wolbachia, which has already been used in Rio de Janeiro, will be taken to the cities of Campo Grande, Petrolina and Belo Horizonte. The...

Singapore officials reported an increase in dengue fever cases in 2018, including an increase in cases during the past three weeks. According to the National Environment Agency (NEA), the total number...

In a follow-up on the dengue situation in Oman, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported 40 locally transmitted dengue fever cases from Dec. 12-Jan. 6, according to a Times of Oman report. “The majority...