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Leptospirosis outbreak in Fiji prompts CDC travel notice

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their travel notice for Fiji this week with the current leptospirosis outbreak primarily seen in the Central and...

XDR Salmonella Typhi infections among U.S. residents without international travel

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health advisory over extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Salmonella Typhi (Typhi) infections among U.S....

Japan reports 4 cases of new strain variant of SARS-CoV-2 in travelers from Amazonas, Brazil

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Tokyo (NIID) reported detecting a new mutant strain of the new coronavirus in four travelers arriving from Brazil to Tokyo...

Trinidad and Tobago: COVID-19 situation update, New protocols concerning SARS-CoV-2 variant

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Trinidad and Tobago health officials reported eight additional people tested positive for COVID-19 Friday, bringing to total positive since Mar. 12 to 7097. A total of 125 deaths...

CDC travel notice for Mauritania due to Rift Valley Fever outbreak

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued a travel notice for the northwestern African country of Mauritania. There is an outbreak of Rift Valley...

Saint Lucia sees COVID-19 cases double since Nov. 1, CDC issues travel notice

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Eastern Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia has seen their total COVID-19 cases double since Nov. 1, prompting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to...

Candida auris: Low risk for healthy people to acquire during travel, according to study

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Researchers have shown that there is a low risk for healthy people to acquire Candida auris during travel. The research is presented at ASM Microbe Online, the annual meeting of the American Society...

Travel history should become routine in medical assessments to slow pandemics’ spread

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Integrating travel history information into routine medical assessments could help stem the rapidly widening COVID-19 epidemic, as well as future pandemics, infectious disease specialists recommend in...

Majority of Americans Believe They Will Contract the Coronavirus This Year: Survey

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Bospar, the boutique PR firm that puts tech companies on the map, announced the results of its first study of COVID-19. The agency discovered that 62.6% Americans are worried about the virus, a member...

Travel Bans and Disease Outbreaks: Are they effective?

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The COVID-19 outbreak is spreading and growing rapidly since first seen less than two months ago, prompting many governments, including the United States, to ban or significantly restrict travel to and...