NewsDesk @bactiman63 Measles in Mumbai Another suspected measles death was reported on Dec 12. The child, aged four, was a resident of Sakinaka and partially immunised. With this, the number of deaths...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Shigella caused food poisoning in girl who died after eating shawarma: Kerala health department Kerala health department on Tuesday identified shigella bacteria as the cause of food...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials in Shivamogga, Karnataka state have reported a case of the tick-borne, Kyasanur Forest Disease, (KFD) in a 57-year-old woman in Kudige village of Thirthahalli. This...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews On Friday, India became the third country to hit the unfortunate milestone of 2 million COVID-19 cases, following the United States and Brazil. According to the Ministry...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in India are reporting the fourth death in 2020 from Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD), or monkey fever, in Shivamogga district in Karnataka state. The...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Indian health officials reported an additional 24,091 dengue fever cases via rapid diagnostic test (RDT) and 17,067 ELISA positive cases in the past three weeks, In...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Up to 25 medical students at the Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) in Kalaburagi district in Karnataka have contracted the vaccine-preventable disease,...

Here is a look at some important infectious disease news reported across the globe:   Monkey fever claims 6 lives in Karnataka’s Shivamogga At least six people have died due to Monkey fever...

India has reported 9,175 suspected chikungunya cases through April 2018, according to the National Vector Borne Disease Control Program of the Ministry of Health. Karnataka state has reported the most...

The confirmation of 11 diphtheria cases in the district of Raichur in the south Indian state of Karnataka has caused some concern to health authorities. The Hindu reports 33 suspected cases with symptoms...