This morning, Uganda’s New Vision reported a sixth suspected death in the Marburg outbreak. The Kabale District Director of Health Services, Dr. Patrick Tusiime, has
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Just a few weeks after Uganda was declared free of Ebola, a second hemorrhagic fever strikes. On Friday, Oct. 19, the Uganda Ministry of Health
Health Secretary Lorenzo Gonzalez Feliciano announced Monday, Oct. 8 that Puerto Rico is in the grips of a dengue epidemic. At least six people have
Nine people were diagnosed with cholera in Hubei province in central China. The victims of this outbreak all attended a wedding on Oct. 3 which
A rare and fatal brain-eating infection killed 10 people in Karachi, Pakistan this year. This waterborne species of amoeba causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a
A rapidly evolving outbreak of rare fungal meningitis has killed five and sickened thirty across six U.S. states. The case count is only expected to
A wave of gastroenteritis of unknown origin spread across eastern Germany late last week and into the weekend. Now that the number of new cases
Over 100 children have been affected by a mumps outbreak in Marashda, Egypt, with 43 cases and 70 infections reported. Officials at the ministry of
A recent study published online in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution discovered that a common retrovirus, KoRV, found in koalas has been plaguing the
At least 2000 birds have died from an outbreak of avian botulism in Portland, Oregon. This outbreak could reduce the area’s migratory bird population significantly.