By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Plague is not just a disease of historical record, it’s presence around the world still exists. However, the good news is in recent years, the number of global...

By Robert Herriman  @bactiman63 As 2019 comes to a close, the number of big, important infectious disease news and outbreak was in no shortage since January. So, it becomes my annual task to try to...

By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 UN health officials report the  number of plague cases reported in Madagascar in 2019 has remained below the 5-year average. Since 5 August 2019, 88 plague cases have been...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization (WHO) reported this week that last year saw more than 140,000 measles-related fatalities across the globe. According to officials, the...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization (WHO) reported on some new measles surveillance data this week and we see some astounding numbers of the vaccine-preventable disease...

The World Health Organization (WHO) reported on some new measles surveillance data this week and we see some astounding numbers of the vaccine-preventable disease across the globe. In this video, I look...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In Madagascar, there is a “plague season” which occurs every year, usually between September and April. Well, we’re not even half way through August...

Riley Tedrow, PhD, a medical entomologist at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has uncovered new findings about malaria transmission in Madagascar. In a recent study published in PLoS...

By Robert Herriman  @bactiman63 The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that the measles epidemic in Madagascar continues to show a decreasing trend since February when supplementary immunization...

The Ministry of Public Health in Betroka district, Madagascar are reporting thousands of malaria cases in recent weeks, according to an L’Express report (computer translated). More than 600 cases...