Author: Lakshmi Yajurvedi

What started as an isolated salmonella outbreak at a Mustang, Oklahoma school has now become a multi-state outbreak investigation. In late September, 10 cases of

From 1946 to 1948, the U.S. conducted a NIH-funded study of the effectiveness of penicillin in Guatemala by knowingly infecting 700 Guatemalans (mental patients, soldiers

At least 10 confirmedcases and 91 suspect cases of the mosquito-borne Chikungunya Virus have been identified in Xincun community of Dongguan, a city in China’s

In Brazil, a measles outbreak continues through the state of Paraíba, in the cities of: João Pessoa (32 confirmed cases), Santa Rita (3 confirmed cases),

After the first native cases of Dengue were reported in Metropolitan France, a new disease has emerged. The first two native cases of Chikungunya in

A 60-year-old man in Puerto Real, Cádiz in Andalucía, Spain was admitted to the hospital with symptoms of Meningitis. Doctors then discovered that he was

This past week, cities in the interior of São Paulo state in Brazil are experiencing an outbreak of Varicela (Chicken Pox). Cities affected include Mogi

Five cases of pneumonic plague, including one death, were recently identified in Nyingchi prefecture located in Tibet’s southwestern region. Tibet’s health department has announced that

On 13 September, France reported its first case of indigenous Dengue. Five days later, it confirmed a second; both cases are in Nice. Another 6

UK’s Health Protection Agency (HPA) announced recently that it is investigating a surge in Salmonella Typhimurium DT8 cases linked to consumption of duck products, especially