The Malaysia Health Ministry’s Director-General of Health, Dr S. Subramaniam said in a statement today that there has been 32 confirmed cases of typhoid fever reported in the capital city of Kuala...

In this post, I want to look at some of the most significant reportable infectious diseases in the Philippines to date in 2015 and compare to the same period in 2014. Cholera From Jan. 1 to Jun. 27 this...

With nearly 200,000 cases of diarrheal disease reported as of mid-May in Zimbabwe’s capital of Harare and surrounding areas, which have resulted in some 200 deaths, health officials are looking at...

There is an urgent need to develop global surveillance against the threat to public health caused by antimicrobial resistant pathogens, which can cause serious and untreatable infections in humans. Typhoid...

The large outbreak of typhoid fever that has stricken some 12,000 people in Uganda has prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue a travel notice for those going to the East...

As of yesterday, more than 500 people were confirmed admitted to designated treatment centres after being diagnosed with typhoid, the Health Ministry reports. The source of the bacterial outbreak is...

The Uganda Health Ministry has reported at least two deaths associated to the typhoid outbreak in three Central Uganda districts, according to a Coast Week report. Of the 142 suspect typhoid cases reported...

The Fiji Health Ministry has reported two dozen typhoid cases in Bua since the New Year, prompting them to advise the public about proper hygiene and sanitation. The Fiji Times reported the typhoid cluster...

At least one resident of Barangay Guadalupe has died as a result of typhoid fever, and some seven other have been hospitalized, according to Cebu City Health Department health chief Daisy Villa. This...

Health officials in Tonga are reporting three cases of typhoid fever, cautioning the public to  follow good hygiene rules, including ensuring food and drinking water are safe and clean for consumption,...