Cameroon is facing its worst outbreak of cholera in a decade. Since May 2010 the Health Ministry of Cameroon has confirmed over 5,500 cases
Author: Lakshmi Yajurvedi
This year’s Japanese Encephalitis season came earlier and deadlier to India than previous years. Officials report that since July, 215 people have died from
The source of the Salmonella that led to a massive recall of eggs in the US is now believed to be contaminated feed. However, the
The infamous bubonic plague that caused a panic and killed 3 people in Peru has spread to Bolivia. Eight people are suffering from the disease
On August 18, the FDA announced a recall of eggs from Wright County Egg over concerns about Salmonella enteritidis contamination. On August 20, the FDA
Sometimes it’s hard to tell if a scary sounding disease is really rare or somewhat common. The CDC collects information on notifiable diseases, and they
As rain continues to fall on an already ravaged Pakistan and official death count continues to rise, UN officials now warn of a “second wave
This week saw numerous news stories on a possible new superbug, NDM-1. The first NDM-1 associated death was reportedly a Belgian man who was infected
Florida’s Broward County Health Department announced a confirmed case of Dengue in a woman who had not left the county for weeks. Broward County is
Since its first appearance in North America in 1999, West Nile virus has steadily spread outward from the initial cases in the New York area.