Worldwide attention has recently been brought to the disease called Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1, or HTLV-1. News outlets have been reporting that
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Researchers at Ohio State University, and Utrecht University in the Netherlands are collaborating to better understand the porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) and its possible public
South Africa has experienced 978 lab-confirmed cases of listeria poisoning since January 2017 [1], in what the United Nations has declared the largest listeria
Four human cases of cholera have been identified on Vancouver Island, an island on the western coast of British Columbia, Canada[1]. The outbreak was
A case of malaria in a three-month old infant was confirmed on Wednesday, February 24th, 2018. The infant was originally admitted to the hospital
The 2018 Winter Olympics began on Thursday, February 8th in PyeongChang, South Korea. The games bring 206 countries to participate [1], comprising of nearly
Escalating violence in Myanmar has caused over 800,000 Rohingya to come to Bangladesh as refugees since August 2017, the majority of which are residing
In 2017, several states have experienced acute outbreaks of Hepatitis A, namely Michigan, Kentucky, Utah, Colorado, and California. Each state varies in regards to
A cholera outbreak rages on in Yemen, a war afflicted nation of almost 30 million people on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.
Over the past four years, since its emergence in 2013, China has experienced seasonal epidemics of avian influenza subtype H7N9. The country has been