Days before Luweero district is to be declared Ebola-free, two suspected cases appear in central Uganda’s Mubende district. According to New Vision, two children, from
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Days before Luweero district is to be declared Ebola-free, two suspected cases appear in central Uganda’s Mubende district. According to New Vision, two children, from
Two deaths from the influenza H1N1 virus have occurred in Beijing over the past two weeks. The virus reportedly killed two women, one young migrant
As 2012 ends and we dive into another year, let’s take a moment to look back at some significant infectious disease outbreaks from 2012. Please
Thirty-seven more cases of measles have been identified in an outbreak in Kebbi state, Nigeria. Of the over 250 cases recorded so far, seven children
A recent outbreak of dengue in Madeira has resulted in a flurry of articles and reports. According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC),
The emergence of locally acquired NDM-1 in two Canadian hospitals raises concerns about “superbugs” and antibiotics’ future futility. NDM-1, or New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase-1, is actually
The CDC in Maine has recorded 370 cases of gonorrhea in the first ten months of this year, an unusually high number. Last year, the
In the Huehuetenango department of Guatemala, Onchocerca volvulus, commonly called river blindness, is no more. According to a recent study in the Journal of Parasitology
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed this week that the flu season has hit the United States early this year. In fact,